Pat Eggleton
Articles by Pat Eggleton
Wed, 07/14/2010 - 04:20
President Obama, in an exclusive interview with Corriere della Sera published last week, said that Italy was part of him and that, in cultural terms,…
Wed, 07/14/2010 - 04:10
Signor Domenico Lombardi, the Mayor of Pietrasanta [Province of Lucca, Tuscany] is embarrassed, the local priest is offended and members of World War…
Tue, 07/13/2010 - 10:23
The suffix –ino [masculine] or – ina [feminine] means “little”:sorella – sister;sorellina – little sistercaro – dear;carino – dear in the sense of “cu…
Tue, 07/13/2010 - 07:05
Words by Pat Eggleton Here’s our pick of the July events that you can still catch if you are going to Rome and of some events in early August, too.Cos…
Tue, 07/13/2010 - 06:54
Following Dolce & Gabbana's successful Spring/Summer Collection campaign featuring Madonna, the star is now the face of their advertising campaign…
Tue, 07/13/2010 - 06:23
Counterfeit goods are costing the Italian economy $23 billion per year and the latest group to express their worries are the manufacturers of genuine…
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 13:18
Words by Pat EggletonIn America all things are possible if you persevere and one young couple certainly found this to be true when they emigrated to t…
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 12:40
Italy may emerge from the 2010 World Cup having got something right after all if a claim that the famous result-predicting octopus, Paul, is Italian i…
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 12:02
Milan, Italy’s second city and its undisputed fashion capital, may be facing humiliation by the end of July because it is in danger of being left off…
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 11:22
William Wyler’s 1953 romantic comedy, “Roman Holiday” is a delightful film starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in her first major American screen…
Fri, 07/09/2010 - 06:24
Long ago I learned that the study of a people’s culinary traditions and literature will tell you as much about them as learning about their history an…
Fri, 07/09/2010 - 06:20
Newspapers are not on sale in Italy today and newspaper websites are not being updated. News agencies have also joined in the “news strike” and there…
Fri, 07/09/2010 - 04:13
What, you may ask, is the use of having an iPad if you can’t carry it around in an eye-catching designer case? Now Gucci comes to your rescue with the…
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 06:44
Words by Pat EggletonHere is a selection of some of the best events in Tuscany during summer. The Tuscan Sun FestivalCortona, 30th July – 6th AugustTh…
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 06:19
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Masculine nouns ending in –o form their plural in – i:il libro – i libriun arco - gli archiMasculine nouns…
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 06:17
An aerial view of Franco Maria Ricci's maze at Fontanellato near Parma. Photograph: GuardianItalian art publisher Franco Maria Ricci sent readers of h…
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 05:59
The centre of Rome was brought to a standstill yesterday as survivors of the Abruzzo earthquake demonstrated against the slow reconstruction of their…
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 07:17
Words by Pat Eggleton - Pictures courtesy of Italian NotesMeet Mette, a Danish journalist who blogs about Italy, the country she fell in love with twe…
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 06:17
A staff motivation day held by Tecnocasa, one of Italy’s leading real estate companies, ended in disaster when nine people had to be treated in hospit…
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 05:57
Motorists on Italy’s A14 or Autostrada Adriatica suddenly found it was raining money when a security van carrying 2 million euros in one and two-euro…