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Words by Pat Eggleton//Last week we began our look at how to form verbs in the [past] perfect tense. We saw that you need to use the present tense of…
In April we reported on the death, at the age of 87, of the much-loved actor, comedian and television presenter Raimondo Vianello. Since that day, on…
Visitors to Liguria’s famous Cinque Terre, a national park comprising stunningly beautiful coastline and five villages connected by a railway line, di…
Words by Pat EggletonMost people you need to speak to for tourist purposes in Italy will happily speak English to you and this often goes for business…
Words by Pat Eggleton - Pictures by Corrado SaurinIf you are going to be in Piedmont over the first weekend of October, you will be able to see a fasc…
New paintings by an unknown seventeenth Italian artist may prove that denim was invented by the Italians, not the French as is generally thought, repo…
A Moroccan woman who reportedly frightened her children’s school friends by wearing full Islamic dress has agreed to unveil her face when she enters t…
Rome has many art galleries but until now has lacked a “national gallery” such as the Louvre in Paris , the National Gallery in London or the Metropol…
In this photo: the Italian politician Nichi Vendola at the National Gay Pride in Rome. Picture by Giovanni Dall'Orto.In an interview to be shown on It…
Have you ever wondered why there is a Via XX Settembre in every Italian town? The first via XX Settembre was named after an event which took place 140…
If you have ever felt uncomfortable flying in economy class, things are about to get a whole lot worse as Italian company Aviointeriors brings you the…
One of the symbols of Rome, the Colosseum, is to be set on fire tonight. But don't worry – the flames will be virtual. The Danish artist Thyra Hilden…
Words by Pat EggletonA strange aspect of changing your country is that for a while you can lose what I call your “inner barometer”, the part of you th…
Words by Pat Eggleton
When you learn a language at school, it is normally three years before you can say anything about the past. This is rather restr…
Italy's Supreme Court, the Cassazione, has ruled that workers in Italy are entitled to be paid for “tempo tuta” or the time it takes them to change in…
The world's largest travel website, tripadvisor, has published a list of the ten travel spots in the world where you are most likely to be pickpockete…
In this photo: Rocco GirlandaA retired FBI special agent has analysed documents relating to Amanda Knox's confession to the murder of British student…
Sophia Loren, who will be 76 on September 20th, appeared at the Miss Italy contest on Monday and caused a sensation by looking as glamorous as any of…
Actually – in fact – in reality.
Attualmente does not mean “actually”. It means “currently”.
If you want to say “actually”, you say in realtà.…
In this photo: ScaleaWords by Pat EggletonPizza chefs, accordionists and wild mushrooms: here are three events to consider attending if you are going…