Pat Eggleton
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At a time when the Italian debate over clandestine immigration has opened up again, frontier police in Bari have arrested a 42-year-old Greek citizen…
Words by Pat EggletonDon’t worry – this isn’t going to be a morbid article!The 1997 Roberta Torre film “Tano da Morire” – one of the first to make fun…
The BBC reported on Tuesday that Italy plans to open the world’s first prison for transgender inmates in the buildings of the Pozzale Prison near Flor…
Pope Benedict met Susanna Maiolo, the woman who pulled him over at Mass on Christmas Eve, on Wednesday. The two met privately after the Pope’s General…
“What’s Fashion About?” is the title of the 77th Pitti Uomo [Pitti for Men] Fashion Show which is taking place at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence un…
Street cleaners in Torre del Greco, near Naples, are suing their Council because they had to wash their work clothes at home for ten years. The stree…
It was meant to put the Marche Region on the map: an advertisement featuring two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman strolling in the breathtaking Marche…
We continue and finish our list of most popular people in Italy during 2009. Musicians, politicians and artists that we cannot forget. To read part I…
Words by Pat EggletonSimi the dog and I were living in our temporary accommodation in Modica towards the end of June 2005 when at last I received a ca…
A list of most popular people in Italy during 2009. Musicians, politicians and artists that we cannot forget.
1. Silvio Berlusconi
Love him or hat…
Words by Pat Eggleton - Pictures by Luca Migliore and Augulino GiovanniPat interviewed Adriana Iozzia, a 23-year-old soprano from Modica, who gave her…
In the last days of December police in Rome recovered a precious and very personal work by Picasso: the artist created the work, a sculpture and toy k…
That lucky girl, “Eli” [as she is known in Italy] Canalis and her beau George Clooney celebrated Christmas in Italian style – but in Miami. In a heav…
Words by Pat Eggleton“Oh, it was nothing special – just a family meal”, said my friend Gina’s mother-in-law when I thanked her for a Christmas lunch a…
Imagine the scene: it is Christmas Eve, you’ve had a busy day at work, you’ve come home, cooked and finally put your two excited toddlers to bed.Weari…
The end of 2009 is proving busy, dramatic and controversial for the Holy See: on 18th December it was announced that Pope Benedict will not stay at Bu…
Words by Pat EggletonHave you ever visited somewhere and had an eerie, though not unpleasant, feeling that you had been there before, though you knew…
In the immediate aftermath of the 13th December attack on Mr Berlusconi, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni blamed social networking sites for nurturing…
A special letterbox has been set up in the post office in Rome’s Piazza San Silvestro for children to post their letters to Father Christmas and Poste…
Less than a month into her 26-year sentence for her involvement in the murder of Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox caused more outrage in mid-December by…