Pat Eggleton
Articles by Pat Eggleton
Mon, 10/04/2010 - 05:50
This photo is a screenshot taken from the Italian TV comedy "Nonno Felice")Italy celebrated its sixth “Giorno dei nonni” [Grandparents’ Day] on Saturd…
Mon, 10/04/2010 - 05:30
Two weeks after telling a joke about Hitler at a youth rally, Silvio Berlusconi, who survived a confidence vote on Wednesday, is in trouble again afte…
Fri, 10/01/2010 - 11:48
I arrived in Modica just two years before the death of Nino Baglieri and I did not know of him until I read of his passing in 2007. I then decided to…
Fri, 10/01/2010 - 06:18
The Italian Coast Guard expanded its search for the two missing American balloonists, Richard Abruzzo, 47, of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Dr Carol Rym…
Fri, 10/01/2010 - 05:59
From tomorrow until 27th February 2011 the Palazzo Zabarella in Padua will be hosting the exhibition, “Da Canova a Modiglaini - il volto dell’Ottocent…
Thu, 09/30/2010 - 11:34
We have been concentrating on beginners’ Italian in our language lessons so far but we know that some of you are quite advanced in your Italian studie…
Thu, 09/30/2010 - 11:12
Italy’s Minister of Tourism, Michela Vittoria Brambilla has demanded that Apple remove its iPhone and iPad application, “What Country” from its online…
Thu, 09/30/2010 - 10:44
Italy’s Supreme Court, the Cassazione, ruled yesterday that the use of swear words in arguments at work is a crime. This is the latest in a series o…
Thu, 09/30/2010 - 06:29
Words by Pat EggletonMeet Dana Kaplan, who blogs from Stresa, a lakeside city on Lago Maggiore in Northern Italy. In Stresa Sights her aim is to share…
Wed, 09/29/2010 - 06:35
Photos by Paolo Simi. Watch the full Photo Gallery on V Magazine
Milan Fashion Week has closed with spectacular shows from Giorgio Armani and Roberto…
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 09:50
In Italy you know that Christmas is not far away when torrone – a kind of nougat – appears in abundance in shops and markets. Torrone is made from hon…
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 07:17
Ezio Foppa Pedretti, founder of the wooden furniture company Foppapedretti, has died in Bergamo at the age of 83.As a child, Ezio Foppa Pedretti was f…
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 05:13
The Mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, is to ask Premier Silvio Berlusconi to keep Northern League Leader and Minister of Reform Umberto Bossi under cont…
Mon, 09/27/2010 - 11:31
Words by Pat EggletonAs we have seen, it is important to pronounce double consonants in Italian and the best way to make sure you do this is to pronou…
Mon, 09/27/2010 - 11:14
In this photo: Memorial to Fausto Coppi in the Pordoi Pass (Trentino Alto-Adige)
The Vittoriano Complex [Victor Emanale Monument] in Rome is hosting…
Mon, 09/27/2010 - 10:51
In this photo: Senigallia FortressThe town of Senigallia [Marche] was declared the most energy efficient in Italy at the Klimaenergy Fair in Bolzano o…
Fri, 09/24/2010 - 07:18
As I wrote in Patti Chiari - Carob, the gold of Sicily, carob is a sicilian tree and fruit. Carob fruit is used to make flour, chocolate, biscuits and…
Fri, 09/24/2010 - 06:58
Words by Pat EggletonSeptember is the month when carob pods fall from their trees and the Province of Ragusa is particularly famed for its carob trees…
Fri, 09/24/2010 - 06:51
Leaving Italy from Bergamo and not sure what to do with those last euro notes? Well, now you can buy 24 carat gold ingots from a machine which was ins…
Fri, 09/24/2010 - 06:38
The organisers of the 2010 Milan Fashion Week, which runs until 28th September, have not forgotten the health issues surrounding ultra-thin models and…