Ennio Morricone: My Life In Music review – hair-raising, extraordinary
Ennio Morricone's current world tour is billed as My Life in Music. For an 86-year-old with more than 500 film and television scores to his name, that's a lot of life and a lot of music. It requires a lot of people, too: 86 members of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, 76 singers from Hungary's Kodály Choir and a brace of soloists incl...
Consegnato al Presidente Mattarella il "Dizionario Enciclopedico delle migrazioni italiane nel mondo"
Una copia speciale del “Dizionario Enciclopedico delle Migrazioni Italiane nel Mondo” è stata consegnata nei giorni scorsi al presidente della Repubblica, Sergio Mattarella, tramite il suo Ufficio di Segreteria, da Tiziana Grassi, ideatrice dell’opera e direttrice del progetto editoriale. Grassi ha sottolineato che “il Dizionario intende s...
DANTE’S ENDORSEMENT FOR THE OLIVETTI M1
The Olivetti M1 was not really ready to launch at the opening of Turin's 1911 World's Fair. But Camillo Olivetti – who in 1904 had founded the company of the same name in Milan, moving it to Ivrea only four years later – had already rented a whole pavilion to present the first typewriter his company would manufacture. He decided to dedicat...
Gaetano Filangieri e l'impronta napoletana sulla Costituzione americana
di Vincenzo Pascale L'indipendenza Americana fu, non solo un momento della storia dell'Occidente realizzatosi attraverso una sanguinosa guerra coloniale con il contributo di truppe delle maggiori potenze europee dell'epoca, ma fu un evento storico segnato da una straordinaria azione diplomatica condotta da Benjamin Franklin, sia come Ambas...
12 of Italy's Sexiest Desserts
by John Bensalhia By the time you read this, the sun will be putting on his hat for the Summer season! With sizzling temperatures and heatwaves for everyone, there's only one dessert that can do the job. Gelato is an ideal companion to cool you down on a hot summer's day. And here's the good news – compared to ice cream, the...
10 Fast Facts About Italy
by Mauro Battocchi Italy is a country enmeshed in cultural vibrancy as well as manmade and natural beauty. Traveling from one rugged mountain valley to the next can not only change the scenery, but also the local dialect, craftwork and cuisine. With so much layered complexity, there are bound to be a few things that you may not have known...
1/3 Italian farm businesses run by women, Expo hears
Women run nearly one-third of the 700,000 agricultural businesses in Italy, said Coldiretti farmers' group on Wednesday at an Expo conference on women in agriculture. In the first quarter of 2015, nearly half, or 49.3%, of the 215,329 women-run agricultural businesses in Italy were in the south, where family-run businesses are the most prevale...
The Inside Scoop on Travel to Italy with Kathy McCabe
by Silvia Donati Inspired by her unrelenting love for Italy, 12 years ago, Kathy McCabe started a newsletter devoted to travel in the Bel Paese, 'Dream of Italy', to provide fellow Italy lovers with information and advice on how to experience the country in an authentic way. As of May this year, Dream of Italy is also a six-part t...
Fabiola Gianotti: woman with the key to the secrets of the universe
by Robin McKie This year's announcement that future documents published by Cern, the world's greatest particle physics laboratory, would appear in Comic Sans, a much-derided typeface designed for children, was unexpected. Using a type created for comic books to unveil complex scientific discoveries seemed akin to publishing papal decrees on Post-i...
Michelangelo’s Tuscan Villa Up for Sale
The eight-bedroom villa, located near Siena, was bought by the Renaissance master in 1549 and remained in the Buonarroti family until 1867 – more than 300 years after his death. The home is surrounded by the vineyards of Chianti, with views of Tuscany's rolling hills. Since Michelangelo purchased the home in 1549, the home has only had t...
L’altro Made in Italy
Fra le mani della signora anziana che prega piegata nella chiesa di Marzamemi in Sicilia e nella borsa della diciottenne focolarina che frequenta la Mariapolis Luminosa di Hyde Park a New York trovate i rosari prodotti a Loreto dalla Claudio Cipolletti Srl. Sgranare il rosario dell'altro Made in Italy, quello lontano dallo show-biz e disco...
Francis Ford Coppola Is Going to Publish the Glorious Behemoth That Is His Godfather Notebook
Touting the "publishing sensation of the year for every film fan," Regan Arts announced Tuesday that Francis Ford Coppola is reproducing his famous Godfather notebook for public consumption. "This notebook was my private work reference to The Godfather film, and after many years, I'm excited to share it with those who may be interested," t...