Archive for 'Culture'
When We Played At Being Ladies Posted by Geoff on Mar 13, 2017
Here’s my English translation of Serena’s Blog Quando Giocavamo Alle Signore. Come mi piaceva giocare con le bambole da bambina! E quanti pianti ho fatto! How I loved playing with dolls when I was a child! And how I cried! Ero l’unica femmina e avevo tre fratelli maschi, così spesso li scoprivo che giocavano a…
Quando Giocavamo Alle Signore Posted by Serena on Mar 10, 2017
Children just love to play ‘grown-ups’, imitating the many strange and mysterious things that they see adults doing. So, what did I used to get up to with my dollies when I was a little girl? Come mi piaceva giocare con le bambole da bambina! E quanti pianti ho fatto! Ero l’unica femmina e avevo…
La Signora Delle Stelle Posted by Serena on Mar 8, 2017
Every year for the occasion of La Festa Della Donna (International Women’s Day) I like to write about an Italian woman whose life has been an inspiration to others. This year I’ve chosen renowned astronomer and physicist Margherita Hack. Born in Firenze in 1922 of a Swiss father and Italian mother, Margherita Hack was an…
Sandokan Posted by Serena on Feb 23, 2017
A childhood friend recently rediscovered a photo from our 1976 Carnival in Benghazi, Libya. In the photo several of my school mates are dressed up as our Italian TV heroes, Lady Marianna and Sandokan. They look so sweet and ridiculous in their home made outfits complete with plastic pearls and swords. But in their minds…
Sono Geoff – Part 1 Posted by Geoff on Feb 8, 2017
Every now and then we get requests for biographies, to which we tend to mumble non-committal replies such as ‘okay, when we have time’. But one of you, dear readers, has been nagging us incessantly for some time now (yes, you know who you are!). And so … here it is! In order to make…
Il Treno A Vapore Posted by Serena on Jan 13, 2017
Here’s a challenge for you: today’s blog is entirely in Italian. I’ll publish the English translation next Monday, which gives you the whole weekend to work on it! Un vero treno a vapore, e per di più a Pontremoli! Non potevo credere ai miei occhi quando la mia amica Clara mi ha mandato una mail…
Like A Boss Posted by Geoff on Jan 11, 2017
Fabio Rovazzi is a young Milanese video maker who appeared out of nowhere in 2016 to release what was to become il tormentone estivo (the big summer hit) Andiamo A Comandare (Like A Boss). It became the first song ever to win il disco d’oro (the golden disc) solely by means of streaming, and went…