Pat Eggleton
Articles by Pat Eggleton
Mon, 01/18/2010 - 03:51
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…
Fri, 01/15/2010 - 04:30
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…
Thu, 01/14/2010 - 04:04
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…
Thu, 01/14/2010 - 03:35
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…
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 04:22
“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…
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 04:28
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…
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 03:59
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…
Fri, 01/08/2010 - 05:09
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…
Fri, 01/08/2010 - 04:05
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…
Thu, 01/07/2010 - 10:14
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…
Thu, 01/07/2010 - 04:35
Words by Pat Eggleton - Pictures by Luca Migliore and Augulino GiovanniPat interviewed Adriana Iozzia, a 23-year-old soprano from Modica, who gave her…
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 03:53
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…
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 03:30
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…
Wed, 12/30/2009 - 05:00
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…
Mon, 12/28/2009 - 09:17
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…
Mon, 12/28/2009 - 06:57
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…
Thu, 12/24/2009 - 09:30
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…
Thu, 12/24/2009 - 04:53
In the immediate aftermath of the 13th December attack on Mr Berlusconi, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni blamed social networking sites for nurturing…
Wed, 12/23/2009 - 06:02
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…
Wed, 12/23/2009 - 05:02
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…