The other day I got an email from Eszter Vajda about the You, Me and Sicily project she's working on with Alfred Zappala. The You, Me and Sicily project is a series of short video … [Read more...]
Caffeine Fuelled Sicily’s Crazy Coffee Spending
The parliament of the autonomous region of Sicily, a part of Italy, spends around €800,000 a year on coffee. Sicilian parliamentarians claim an average of 27 coffees a day on … [Read more...]
I Beddi – Folk Music from Sicily
I Beddi are a prize winning folk music group from Sicily which was founded in 2005 by Sicilian musicians Davide "Tamburo di Aci" Urso and Simona Di Gregorio. I Beddi's songs are in a … [Read more...]
Lampedusa: Under the Yoke of Europe’s Border Policies
Last Thursday, the Sicilian island Lampedusa witnessed the disastrous arrival of yet another immigrant boat on its coast. Two hundred people, possibly more, tragically lost their lives while … [Read more...]
How Blood Washes Blood in Italy
Under the heat of the Sicilian sun, blood certainly does wash blood, as is graphically illustrated by Frank Viviano in his book of the same name. Brought up in Detroit of … [Read more...]