To honour the 500th anniversary of Sandro Botticelli’s death, all the artist’s works from public collections in Lombardy are on show together for the…
Pat Eggleton
Articles by Pat Eggleton
Thu, 12/09/2010 - 04:56
The famous Christmas tree of Gubbio [Umbria], which in 1991 entered the Guiness Book of Records as the largest in the world, was lit on Tuesday evenin…
Tue, 12/07/2010 - 09:37
Would you like to spend New Year’s Eve in Italy without having to adhere to an organised itinerary or book a table at a smart restaurant? There are nu…
Tue, 12/07/2010 - 09:17
St Peter’s Square witnessed the arrival of a 110-foot, 94-year-old Christmas tree cut from a forest near Luson in Trentino-Alto Adige on Friday, repor…
Tue, 12/07/2010 - 09:04
A fifth century BC statue of Aphrodite is to return to its place of origin in Sicily during January following a long international argument and numero…
Mon, 12/06/2010 - 05:35
The La Scala 2010 Opera Season opens tomorrow amid controversy over arts funding in Italy and further controversy over the chosen composer, Wagner, a…
Mon, 12/06/2010 - 05:26
La Repubblica is reporting that the bodies of two balloonists who were travelling in a hot air balloon which disappeared off the Adriatic coast of It…
Fri, 12/03/2010 - 11:10
“Ma siete tutti pazzi!” [“You’re all mad!”] exclaimed my friend Lucia when I told her I intended to spend Wednesday evening writing my Christmas cards…
Fri, 12/03/2010 - 06:37
Pets in Italy can now have their very own digital health card, just like their owners, reports “La Zampa”, La Stampa’s animal section. The scheme is t…
Fri, 12/03/2010 - 06:25
“Eat, Pray, Love” star Julia Roberts was paid $1.5 million to appear in a non-speaking role in an Italian coffee commercial, reports the Daily Mail.…
Thu, 12/02/2010 - 04:47
Visitors to Milan in the run-up to Christmas will have a chance to go skating and sledge-riding right in the middle of the city as the “Villaggio dell…
Wed, 12/01/2010 - 06:05
An American art collector claims to have found the original terracotta model for Michelangelo’s Pietà, the sculpture of Mary holding the lifeless body…
Wed, 12/01/2010 - 06:00
The 2011 Pirelli Calendar, unveiled in Moscow yesterday, has a mythological theme. The calendar, designed by German fashion king Karl Lagerfeld, conta…
Tue, 11/30/2010 - 12:49
Here are two words which sometimes cause confusion:Diretto means “direct” and a treno diretto is a through train. A volo diretto is a direct flight.Di…
Tue, 11/30/2010 - 09:59
As we approach the Feast of the Immaculate Conception holiday on the 8th of December, when Italy officially gets ready for Christmas, people in many p…
Tue, 11/30/2010 - 06:28
Film director and screenwriter Mario Monicelli died at the age of 95 yesterday after jumping from a fifth-floor hospital window in Rome. He had been a…
Fri, 11/26/2010 - 09:41
How could you not love a place where your dentist’s name translates as “Mrs Clove”, your doctor is “Dr Love”, the carpenter is called “Mr Orange Bloss…
Fri, 11/26/2010 - 06:13
The European Union Court of Justice has overturned an Italian law whereby chocolate which contains only cocoa butter could be labelled “pure chocolate…
Fri, 11/26/2010 - 06:00
Student protests against education cuts continued across Italy yesterday as groups of students occupied the Leaning Tower of Pisa and prevented touris…
Thu, 11/25/2010 - 05:33
Many of Italy’s educational institutions came to a standstill yesterday as students across the country protested against sweeping cuts proposed by the…