Dietrologia – Gossipy Conspiracy Theory in Italy
Somewhat fittingly in Italy, the land which gave the world the term Machiavellian, the word “dietrologia” exists in Italian and can be found in Italian dictionaries. What exactly is ‘dietrologia’? Well, it could be translated, albeit a little clumsily, as behindology but a closer equivalent in English is probably conspiracy theory. Basically, dietrologia is speculating what […]
Italy is not United, After 150 Years of Unification
Forty years ago a young lady, all of eighteen years of age, boarded a train in Trento in the north of Italy heading for Trapani, in Sicily. From Rome onwards this young lady was in tears. She did not feel as if she was in the same country.
Hot Italian Girls From Puglia and Sicily – Part Two
In the first part of this post I looked at some of the differences between the two southern Italian regions of Puglia and Sicily.