September 2009
52 posts
Berlusconi does it again - calls Obama and... →
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s Prime Minister, has done it once more. In a public speach in Milan he called Obama tanned and then went on to say “You wouldn’t believe it, but they…
Triumph of the sexy look →
Words by Carla Passino
Leg is in, long is out. This, together with a revival of big, sexy, 1980s glamour, was the message of the first big day of Milan’s fashion week. Which…
Campervan Holidays in Italy →
Italy, in many ways, is ideally suited for a campervan holiday. Its shape and wealth of interesting small and big places means that to get the most out of it one needs to…
What you can buy with up to €170,000 →
Encouraging property news have been coming from Italy lately. According to recent reports by local estate agent groups, the Italian housing market is showing the first …
Red Mullet with Chanterelles →
Words by Antonio Carluccio - Images courtesy of Quadrille Publications
It is unnecessary to say that the common denominator of all the given recipes is mushrooms, and these…
Ferrari, Peace and Crunchy Roast - Italy's Three... →
A special 10-year edition of the Guinness Book of Records reserves three places for Italy - Ferrari for an amazing 2004 performance, the largest peace protest and the world’s…
Armani catches the eye →
Words by Carla Passino
Milan Fashion Week started in earnest yesterday with shows by Giorgio Armani, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana and Roberto Cavalli’s younger line, Just Cavalli.
Milan Fashion Week starts with new confidence →
Dust off your heels and bring on the glamour—Milan Fashion Week has started. Italy’s most important fashion event takes place twice a year—in September, when the spring and…
Drug-laced saint cards and crocodiles - the tools... →
Italian crooks can at times be devilishly inventive - there are dozens of Italian films that chronicle the stunts and schemes mischievous Italians can come up with in their…
Nepotism may be introduced as a means to cut... →
The Italian Post Office has come up with an innovative, yet centuries-old method to reduce the costs of its aging workforce. The older workers, that cost the company much more…
Briatore banned from Formula One for life →
The ex-boss of Renault has been banned from Formula One for life. This follows an addmittion from Renault that they fixed a race in 2008.
The controversy centred around an…
The flavours of autumn II - Fillet steak in pastry →
Images courtesy of Salvatore di Meo
A wonderful dinner party dish that calls to mind beef Wellington as the pastry crust covers succulent fillet. But this has the Italian…
Italian property market moves towards stability →
Words by Carla Passino
The Italian property market is showing the first signs of recovery. The news comes from two of Italy’s most established estate agents groups, Gabetti…
Spotlight on…fashionable Milan →
Words by Carla Passino
Custom Teaser: Find out where to shop, eat and drink in style in Italy’s fashion capital ..
Nepotism may be introduced as a means to cut... →
The Italian Post Office has come up with an innovative, yet centuries-old method to reduce the costs of its aging workforce. The older workers, that cost the company much more…
The flavours of autumn II - Fillet steak in pastry →
Images courtesy of Salvatore di Meo
A wonderful dinner party dish that calls to mind beef Wellington as the pastry crust covers succulent fillet. But this has the Italian…
Spotlight on…fashionable Milan →
Words by Carla Passino
Custom Teaser: Find out where to shop, eat and drink in style in Italy’s fashion capital ..
Italian property market moves towards stability →
Words by Carla Passino
The Italian property market is showing the first signs of recovery. The news comes from two of Italy’s most established estate agents groups, Gabetti…
Briatore banned from Formula One for life →
The ex-boss of Renault has been banned from Formula One for life. This follows an addmittion from Renault that they fixed a race in 2008.
The controversy centred around an…
A wonderful medieval town: Gubbio →
Pictures and images by Christine Webb
‘One of Umbria’s most beautiful hill towns’ is probably the only generalisation one can make about Gubbio. It is unique in its own
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Clooney to "marry Canalis by Christmas" →
The love story between George Clooney and the Italian show girl Elisabetta Canalis is about to take on a whole new dimension. According to several news agencies, the two are…
Royal Wedding in Cilento →
A descedant of Napoleon Bonaparte, princess Carolina, got married to Eric Querenet De Breville in Castellabate in Cilento.
She was accompanied to the alter by her father, the…
A holiday in Venice and ..shiny teeth? →
A group of dentists in the outskirts of Venice have founded the “Venice Dental Center” and are offering complete dental care packages with at the Rialto Bridge and San Marco…
Chocolate Walnut Cake →
Words and Pictures by Germaine Stafford
‘CHOP!’ Rino says to me. I take a seat at the table and mince the sage and rosemary needles as instructed. ‘Pan,’ he says, and I hand…
Table Talk with... Susanna Tamaro →
Words by Germaine Stafford - Pictures by Vicki Satlow
In this fascinating new series we quiz a selection of Italian celebrities about what tickles their culinary fancy.. …
EMERGENCY UK organises charity fine art exhibition... →
Emergency UK, the UK arm of the long-established Italian charity, has scheduled a fine art exhibition at Unit 24, an art gallery in South Bank, London. Starting on the 1st of…
Project Paradise: house in Umbria →
Words and Images by Ian Morley
If the Tango is the lover’s dance then a house in Italy is the lover’s dream.
Custom Teaser: Ian Morley takes us through the…
Rome to get chariot fleet of Tourist Angels →
Rome is recruiting a fleet of “tourist angels” to help the millions of tourist going through the Eternal City every year.
The city’s tourism chief Mauro Cutrufo announced that…
Rome and its keys →
Words by Frederick Vreeland - Pictures by Cuboimages
The J. Paul Getty Museum has published a new guide: Key to Rome by myself and my wife Vanessa, which American novelist…
Calabrian crowned Miss Italy (VIDEO) →
The three-day extravaganza that is the Italian national beauty pageant finished last night, crowning Maria Perrusi.
Miss Calabria, 18 years old, from Cosenza broke down in…
Paris Hilton upsets Italy's gay community (VIDEO) →
Paris Hilton was invited last night as the star guest at an event called “Join the Gap”, which was organised by Arcigay Milano at the Borgo del Tempo Perso club.
Arcigay is…
The King's Taster: Sicily and her suspicious... →
The rumours have been making the rounds for weeks now. Sicily’s President is obsessed with assassination attempts, mistrusts everyone and fears plots behind every corner.
Riviera Touch →
Words and Pictures by Mark Harwood
Custom Teaser: Mark Harwood Stone explores the glitz and the glories of Liguria..
La Pista Magica - Formula 1 in Monza →
This weekend Formula 1 returns to Monza - the fastest circuit on earth and arguably one of the most legendary. Monza hosted some of the greatest and some of the deadliest races…
Foodie Fun in Friuli →
Words by Germaine Stafford
Ten fun ways to enjoy one of Italy’s most interesting regions.
1. Be King of the Castle.
Custom Teaser: Ten fun ways to enjoy one of…
"The blond one will be there, you can't miss it",... →
Fresh revelations, including records of direct telephone calls between Berlusconi and the Bari businessman Tarantini regarding organising escorts for Berlusconi’s parties make…
Sacked from church choir because of sex-change →
After 18 years as a Catholic choirmaster he was sacked without explanation from the cathedral in Lecce.
”They gave me the boot without any explanation, beating about the bush…
The flavours of autumn - Pizza with pork cheek,... →
Images courtesy of Salvatore di Meo Pizza con guanciale di maiale, pomodoro del pendolo e basilico
To live and work in a small village in the countryside which is governed by…
Michelangelo's David →
Words by Mark Callaghan
Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia would be an unassuming building were it not for the daily queue of tourists. You find the end of the line and wonder…
Italo-American TV star Mike Bongiorno dies →
Mike Bongiorno, born in New York in 1924 and Italian TV’s most well-known face died of a heart attack Tuesday in Monte Carlo.
No more kisses for San Gennaro →
A ban on kissing San Gennaro’s relic was confirmed by Naples church authorities Monday.
A vessel said to contain the saint’s dried blood is generally held up after the…
The mystic charm of Abruzzo →
Words by Lucia Cappelli - Pictures by Matteo Brogi
Abruzzo, or Abruzzi, in the plural, as it was known in former times, is still largely by-passed by mass tourism.
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The Pull of Positano →
Words by Marco Merola - Pictures by Pasquale Sorrentino
Like a jewel in the beautiful setting of Italy’s famous Amalfi coast, Positano looks peacefully down on an enchanting…
Venice Film Festival Opens with a Tornatore →
The 66th Venice Film Festival opened with an Italian film after almost 20 years of not having done so. Giuseppe Tornatore’s epic tale “Baaria” opened to great public reaction…
Italian Recipe: Ricotta Foam - Spuma di Ricotta →
Words by Germaine Stafford - Pictures by Alfredo Fabbricatore
Situated in a small piazza in Nocera Superiore a few steps from the Sanctuary of Materdomini, the restaurant…
From Aglianico to Zibibbo: an easy a-z of Italian... →
Words by Marc Millon – Pictures by Kim Millon
An outrageous wealth of mainly indigenous grape varieties proliferates the length and breadth of the Italian peninsula.
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Joys of the Vespa - Le gioie di avere una vespa →
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Teaser: Peter Moore rides a vintage scooter from Milan to Rome. Try reading and listening to the Italian version first then check with the English version.
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Schloss Juval - Medieval Castle in North-Eastern... →
Words and Pictures by Gillian Price and F. Delventhal
This is the South Tyrol in Italy’s north-east, part of the erstwhile Hapsburg Empire until the aftermath of the First…
A tough 2009 for the Italian tourism industry →
Less than 50% of Italians booked a holiday this summer. According to recently released data from the Italian consumer association most Italians spend their holiday time in more…
Canal traffic is getting Venetians angry →
Venice may have no cars but it has plenty of boats and their number has been on the increase over the past years. So much so that the usually tranquil canals of Venice now at…