Pat Eggleton
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Words by Pat EggletonPrefixes and suffixes, as we have seen, are often a clue to meaning.Today we are looking at the prefixes sopra- and sovra- which…
An all-Italian team of researchers has produced the first combined vaccine to protect against four of the five most dangerous strains of meningitis, t…
In this photo: Columbus Day Parade - Source: Quotidiano.NetOctober is Italian American Heritage Month and yesterday’s Columbus Day celebrations in New…
In this photo: Zucchero with Pavarotti and Bono (U2)
Adelmo Fornaciari, who, as “Zucchero”, is probably Italy’s best-known popular singer outside his…
Thousands of university lectures, teachers and students all over Italy stopped work on Friday to demonstrate against cuts and reforms proposed by the…
Words by Pat EggletonI began reading the loveSicily blog soon after arriving here but it was not until 2009 that I realised that the loveSicily Cooker…
It is almost certain that Elisabetta Canalis, the Italian model and girlfriend of Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney, will present the 2011 Sanremo S…
In a government report being considered by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Italian ministers have clarified a proposed law which would ban wo…
Words by Pat Eggleton This is the third and final part of our list of “link phrases” for formal discussions or discursive essays:The problemc’è un gra…
Words by Pat EggletonThis is the second part of our list of “link phrases” for formal discussions or discursive essays:Surprise / Improbabilityperché…
A controversial marble sculpture by Italy’s most famous living artist, Maurizio Cattelan, is to remain in position in the Piazza Affari in front of th…
The children of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman who was condemned to death by stoning – later commuted to hanging - for adultery and the…
Words by Pat EggletonWe have a food blog that is devoted to one ingredient this week. Pat interviewed Michael of The Artichoke Blog.Michael, can you t…
Words by Pat EggletonThe suffix – accio denotes something bad, eg:Una parola – a wordUna parolaccia – a swear wordLa carta – paperLa cartaccia – waste…
It is one of the most romantic visions we all have of Italy: to spend an evening in Venice with the love of your life, perhaps being serenaded in a go…
In this photo: Yekaterinburg, Russia. BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) leaders during the 1st BRIC summit, June 16, 2009. Photo by Presidential…
October is the month of the chestnut harvest and there are chestnut festivals all over Italy.
Here are some of the best:
In Treviso Province, [Veneto…
A fifteen-year-old Italian boy became the first child to receive a permanent artificial heart on Thursday. The unnamed boy has Duchenne Syndrome, a se…
In this photo, an apartment in Rome.An apartment thought to be the smallest in the world is on sale in Rome for €50,000 [$68,868 or £43,000] and if yo…
Words by Pat Eggleton - Pictures by James W Sinclair and Philip ParisPhilip Paris is the author of two books about the World War II Italian Chapel on…