Pat Eggleton
Articles by Pat Eggleton
Wed, 11/24/2010 - 04:06
Amanda Knox, who is serving a 26-year sentence for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007, returns to court in Perugia for the beginni…
Wed, 11/24/2010 - 03:57
Nicola Testini, a carabinieri officer implicated in the Marazzo case, was put under house arrest yesterday after a judge ruled that there was no evide…
Tue, 11/23/2010 - 12:08
Today we are travelling down to the island of Sardinia, where we will take a look at a tradition that dates back to at least the thirteenth century: i…
Tue, 11/23/2010 - 06:17
Così means “in this way” or “like this”.So the opera title “Così fan tutte” means “All [women] act like this”.If you are buying things in a shop and t…
Tue, 11/23/2010 - 06:08
Who has been to Rome and not visited the Trevi Fountain? And who has not thrown a coin into this most romantic of fountains in the hope of returning t…
Mon, 11/22/2010 - 10:51
We are looking at prepositions again this week and we are going to learn how to say “in the” or “to the”.
As we have seen, you have to know the defini…
Mon, 11/22/2010 - 05:02
A massive row has broken out between Italy and the EU over a concert by Elton John which took place in Naples in September 2009. The concert, in the c…
Fri, 11/19/2010 - 13:53
Reports of a possible early general election in Italy have caused me to remember some of the fun and complications involved in voting here.As an EU ci…
Fri, 11/19/2010 - 12:46
Could a second famous couple announce their long awaited wedding plans this week? That is what Italian gossip columnists are hoping for as they specul…
Fri, 11/19/2010 - 12:38
The Telegraph reports that Silvio Berlusconi has personally ordered a new penis for a marble statue of Mars in the Prime Ministerial offices at Palazz…
Thu, 11/18/2010 - 04:32
If you are fed up with hearing about the model Ruby and other young women who have allegedly been involved with Mr Berlusconi and other politicians, y…
Thu, 11/18/2010 - 04:22
Ferrari Formula One team president Luca Montezemolo and Piero Ferrari, son of company founder Enzo, have responded angrily to remarks by Northern Leag…
Thu, 11/18/2010 - 04:12
Today we are going to take a look at what is happening in and around Naples this Christmas.First and foremost, Naples is, of course, famous for its pr…
Wed, 11/17/2010 - 06:29
A one-minute YouTube video about the village of Agira in Enna Province, Sicily has received over 48,000 views in just one week. The video features som…
Wed, 11/17/2010 - 06:06
The Alpine town of Cortina d’Ampezzo [Veneto] will be holding its first Eurochocolate Festival from Thursday 16th – Sunday 19th December and the organ…
Tue, 11/16/2010 - 09:48
Here is a very useful word that you can add to your Italian vocabulary:AddiritturaIt has a literal meaning of “straight” in the sense of “directly”.E…
Tue, 11/16/2010 - 09:16
Visitors to the Keats-Shelley House on the Spanish Steps in Rome will soon be able to enjoy a cup of English tea and a slice of typical English cake i…
Tue, 11/16/2010 - 07:20
President Napolitano is to hold discussions on Italy’s political crisis with the speakers of both parliamentary chambers this afternoon. The Speaker o…
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 04:42
Four immigrant workers who are refusing to come down from a 35-metre crane in Brescia [Lombardy] threw pieces of concrete and plastic bottles containi…
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 03:42
A policeman on patrol in the Stadera district of Milan became suspicious when he saw a group of men standing near a van outside a park on Friday: as h…