Barry Lillie
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Barry is a professional writer who specialises in non-fiction for the international, English speaking magazine market and trade press. Barry had over fifty professionally performed plays under his belt before turning to features writing, he is mostly experienced in arts, travel and food writing; he’s written for a varied mix of publications, including, Different Scene, Restaurant Life, US Brides, Gay Times and Catholic News, to name a few. As a travel writer he’s been privileged to have experienced many diverse cultures. Experiences include being kidnapped in the Middle East, trekking through the jungles in Borneo and surviving 79 days in a camper van touring New Zealand. Barry has a particular passion for anything Italian and has made the Italian region of Abruzzo his home, which he refers to as, Italy’s best kept secret.
When he’s not writing magazine articles he enjoys being immersed in the Italian way of life, and is often found in his local bar enjoying a coffee and catching up on village gossip. Barry is currently working towards producing a book of traditional Italian regional recipes and in the meantime keeps a blog where you can read all about his life in Abruzzo and the eccentricities of rural Italy, the web address is, http://
intheflatfieldidogetbored.wordpress.com
Articles by Barry Lillie
Welcome to a new series called Take Five, where we take a look at five of Italy’s celebrated people, be it sports people, novelists, inventors, or oth…
We’ve all heard the story of King Arthur, his mythical kingdom of Camelot and the legendary sword in the stone, but in a Tuscan abbey, fact is strange…
Today we shall give you some language tips for dealing with money matters, whether on holiday or in the first stages of buying a property in Italy.
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Continuing with our series on the Italian islands, this week we shall be featuring the five islands that languish in the Ligurian sea, the body of wat…
If you are one of those travellers that likes to find unusual and off-the-beaten-track places to visit, then be sure to take the 60-minute drive north…
At funfairs and even outside supermarkets stand copies of the famous Bocca della Verità (Mouth of Truth); these modern made machines are designed for…
My first visit to Italy took place on Saturday 3rd September 1988, and since then I visited countless times, before coming to live here. I did my utmo…
The region of Abruzzo in central Italy has a varied cuisine, with many isolated villages still recreating ancient recipes that outside the community a…
No other tree epitomises the Tuscan landscape like the Italian Cypress (Cupressus Sempervirens), sometimes called the Mediterranean or the Tuscan Cypr…
Capri has never failed to attract visitors and one such visitor was the Emperor Tiberius, in fact he was so enamoured with the island that he became a…
Taken from the Latin, brevis, meaning short, abbreviations are everywhere. So here’s a handful of Italian ones with their meaning in brackets that you…
One of the things quintessentially Italian is the Vespa, that stylish, slim-waisted scooter made internationally famous by the 1953 film Roman Ho…
Only in Italy could an ugly U.S. military motorcycle be the catalyst that led to the creation of a style icon. With over 16 million scooters sold, the…
[Photo Steve McCurry]
Turn on any television series or film where there’s an Italian character and it won’t be long before you hear the word ‘family’.…
When people talk about Italian food the first things that spring to mind are pizza and pasta. And so they should, Italy is home to fantastic pizz…
Everyone seems to like lists, and there is no shortage of Italian related ones; the top ten hotels, ten best beaches and the ten sculptures you should…
For over 150 years on the last Sunday in July, the sea around the Adriatic coastal town of Pescara is awash with action as a flotilla of fishing boats…
South of Rome and northwest of Naples in the Gulf of Gaeta lie six islands known as Isole Ponziane, or Pontine Islands. This archipelago in the Tyrrhe…
Walking around Rome you could be forgiven for thinking that around every corner is a museum. In fact it’s impossible to give an exact figure of how ma…
We recently ran a feature called Renting a Car in Italy, but what do you do if your car breaks down? Here are a few phrases to help you communicate ef…
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