Pat Eggleton
Articles by Pat Eggleton
Tue, 10/12/2010 - 10:45
Words by Pat EggletonPrefixes and suffixes, as we have seen, are often a clue to meaning.Today we are looking at the prefixes sopra- and sovra- which…
Tue, 10/12/2010 - 10:32
An all-Italian team of researchers has produced the first combined vaccine to protect against four of the five most dangerous strains of meningitis, t…
Tue, 10/12/2010 - 06:34
In this photo: Columbus Day Parade - Source: Quotidiano.NetOctober is Italian American Heritage Month and yesterday’s Columbus Day celebrations in New…
Mon, 10/11/2010 - 10:38
In this photo: Zucchero with Pavarotti and Bono (U2)
Adelmo Fornaciari, who, as “Zucchero”, is probably Italy’s best-known popular singer outside his…
Mon, 10/11/2010 - 10:16
Thousands of university lectures, teachers and students all over Italy stopped work on Friday to demonstrate against cuts and reforms proposed by the…
Fri, 10/08/2010 - 13:20
Words by Pat EggletonI began reading the loveSicily blog soon after arriving here but it was not until 2009 that I realised that the loveSicily Cooker…
Fri, 10/08/2010 - 06:54
It is almost certain that Elisabetta Canalis, the Italian model and girlfriend of Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney, will present the 2011 Sanremo S…
Fri, 10/08/2010 - 06:31
In a government report being considered by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Italian ministers have clarified a proposed law which would ban wo…
Thu, 10/07/2010 - 07:15
Words by Pat Eggleton This is the third and final part of our list of “link phrases” for formal discussions or discursive essays:The problemc’è un gra…
Thu, 10/07/2010 - 06:53
Words by Pat EggletonThis is the second part of our list of “link phrases” for formal discussions or discursive essays:Surprise / Improbabilityperché…
Thu, 10/07/2010 - 06:34
A controversial marble sculpture by Italy’s most famous living artist, Maurizio Cattelan, is to remain in position in the Piazza Affari in front of th…
Thu, 10/07/2010 - 05:44
The children of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman who was condemned to death by stoning – later commuted to hanging - for adultery and the…
Wed, 10/06/2010 - 11:22
Words by Pat EggletonWe have a food blog that is devoted to one ingredient this week. Pat interviewed Michael of The Artichoke Blog.Michael, can you t…
Wed, 10/06/2010 - 10:56
Words by Pat EggletonThe suffix – accio denotes something bad, eg:Una parola – a wordUna parolaccia – a swear wordLa carta – paperLa cartaccia – waste…
Wed, 10/06/2010 - 10:34
It is one of the most romantic visions we all have of Italy: to spend an evening in Venice with the love of your life, perhaps being serenaded in a go…
Wed, 10/06/2010 - 10:16
In this photo: Yekaterinburg, Russia. BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) leaders during the 1st BRIC summit, June 16, 2009. Photo by Presidential…
Tue, 10/05/2010 - 11:26
October is the month of the chestnut harvest and there are chestnut festivals all over Italy.
Here are some of the best:
In Treviso Province, [Veneto…
Tue, 10/05/2010 - 06:28
A fifteen-year-old Italian boy became the first child to receive a permanent artificial heart on Thursday. The unnamed boy has Duchenne Syndrome, a se…
Tue, 10/05/2010 - 05:39
In this photo, an apartment in Rome.An apartment thought to be the smallest in the world is on sale in Rome for €50,000 [$68,868 or £43,000] and if yo…
Mon, 10/04/2010 - 06:10
Words by Pat Eggleton - Pictures by James W Sinclair and Philip ParisPhilip Paris is the author of two books about the World War II Italian Chapel on…