Pat Eggleton
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It is Saturday morning in Modica and the sun has returned to Sicily. So won’t you join me, today, for a stroll in Modica Bassa? Before we can begin,…
Meet Terry Bhola from Brooklyn, New York, who blogs about his new life in Italy and his forthcoming book, “Searching for Wild Asparagus in Umbria”. Te…
If you thought that the Valle d’Aosta is only worth visiting during the winter sports season you should read on, for Italy’s smallest and least popula…
In the midst of the gravest economic recession since World War II it is comforting to learn that one product is enjoying a boom in Italy: sales of the…
Tragedy came to one of the most beautiful tourist spots in Italy just before midnight on Saturday when an American woman was drowned in the rough sea…
Giuliana Coen Camerino, handbag designer and founder of the Venetian fashion house Roberta di Camerino, died during Monday night at the age of 90.
Bo…
In this photo: priestly ordinationThe ordination of a woman priest in the All Saints Anglican Church near the Vatican at the end of this month is like…
Words by Pat EggletonMeet Gino Cannata - artist, countryman, cook, grandfather and one of the kindest men I know. Gino, I first met you in 1992 but I…
Last week we looked at the verb “essere” [to be ] but this is not the verb we usually use to ask about someone’s health or to respond.
For this, we u…
May 15th sees the launch in Italy of the “Lapo-shirt” for men. Costing around 50 euros each and designed for Lapo Elkann’s company Italia Independent,…
The BBC is reporting that police have arrested 33 suspects and seized 66lb of cocaine in raids across Italy in connection with a drug ring which had b…
Silvio Berlusconi and his estranged wife Veronica Lario have at last reached a divorce settlement in which Ms Lario will receive 300,000 euros [£253,…
In this photo: a Foetus in the Womb (c. 1510 - 1512) - a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.In one month 1,069 packs containing the abortion pill RU486 have…
Words by Pat EggletonMeet Sarah Fontò, who blogs, from “deepest, darkest, Lomilla” about educating her son at home, her husband the “Italian Sock Drop…
Words by Pat Eggleton
Plurals can be confusing in Italian, the good news is that some Italian words don’t change in the plural , eg:
Words that…
“Infiorate” [plural] means flower decorations and, with the coming of spring, these are the pride and joy of several small Italian towns. The traditio…
In this photo: Livia Turco / Letizia MorattiMilan Mayor Letizia Moratti, speaking at a conference on immigration at the city’s Università Cattolica, h…
No one was hurt and tourist visits to the Colosseum went ahead on Sunday after three chunks of mortar fell off an interior wall during Saturday night…
Words by Pat EggletonMargo Giovannone is from the Rhondda Valley in Wales, UK and now lives near Cardiff. Here she talks about her Italian family and…
This week sees the release in the USA of Letters to Juliet, a romance set in Verona and starring Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Chris Egan and Gae…