This is the kind of story which will probably find its way into the comical Reuters' Oddly Enough news columns. An Italian carabinieri policeman was recently arrested for growing cannabis … [Read more...]
Anglitaliano – English Invades Italian
A fun guest post from someone who has noticed a few odd things happening to the 'Italian' language. Over to you Ainsley: As a Northern 40-something-year-old Englishman, the four years … [Read more...]
Hitler, Mussolini, and Berlusconi
During a theatrical representation based on George Orwell's well known novel 'Animal Farm' which was held in a northern Italian school, a projector was used to show images of dictators … [Read more...]
Disco, Disco, Music, and an Old Problem
We have a slight problem where we live in Milan. There is a sort of disco which backs onto our apartment block and the volume of the music, and in particular the bass, can get rather … [Read more...]
Anglo-Saxon
Being from the UK, I am considered by Italians to be someone from an Anglo-Saxon culture. This makes me chuckle because for me 'Anglo-Saxon' sort of conjures up images of a people clad in … [Read more...]