Movie review: Coogan and Brydon shine in ‘The Trip to Italy’
In 2011, American art house audiences were caught unaware by the delightful, hilarious, thought-provoking and delicious faux documentary “The Trip,” in which British actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, playing slightly skewed versions of themselves ...
Italy’s Renzi Aims To Lay Down Marker With Justice, School Reform
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi returned from holiday this week with his customary vim, tweeting that he was back at work on a new plan to speed up Italy’s sluggish justice system, reform its schools and spur investment. With Italy in recession for the third ...
Italy legend Del Piero to play in ISL for Delhi Dynamos
Italy and Juventus legend Alessandro del Piero has become the latest big-name addition to the Indian Super League (ISL), after confirming that he will play for the Delhi Dynamos.Del Piero was also a high profile signing for the Australian A-League, playing ...
'The Trip to Italy,' review: This movie goes nowhere
The question for today: If "The Trip" was so delightful, why is "The Trip to Italy" such a complete and utter bust? For those just getting onboard, "The Trip" was a film from a few years back, which followed British comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon on ...
Italy Steps Up Security Over Alleged ISIS Plot Against The Pope
Vatican scoffs at threats that Pope Francis is “in the cross hairs” of ISIS as Italy issues a terrorist threat and tightens security. VATICAN CITY — As Pope Francis continues to straddle the fine line between calling for the end of persecution of ...
Italy aims to thin out local utilities, form big national firms
* PM Renzi wants to slash number of public service companies MILAN, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Italy is planning legislation to pry hundreds of public utilities from the control of local authorities in a move toward consolidating a highly fragmented sector to ...
Japan and Italy: troubled twins of globalisation
It might seem odd but two inward-looking countries from old Europe and the Pacific, troubled twins with such strong cultures, offer insights into the future of globalisation: Italy has campanilismo, or loyalty to the village bell-tower. The Japanese talk ...
Italy's Renzi calls Putin to denounce 'escalation' in Ukraine
Rome (AFP) - Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU, called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to warn of "very serious consequences" after reports that Moscow had sent troops into ...
Italy May Sell $7 Billion in Eni, Enel Stakes to Cut Debt
Italy may sell about $7 billion of stock in oil company Eni SpA (ENI) and energy producer Enel Spa (ENEL) as part of an effort to cap the country’s ballooning debt. A Treasury official today confirmed newspaper reports that Prime Minister Matteo Renzi ...
Italy aims to complete Eni, Enel stake sales by December - official
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government is on course to sell stakes in energy groups Enel and Eni and to transfer its holding in chip maker STMicroelectronics by the end of the year, a senior official said on Thursday. At a meeting in the Economy Ministry ...
PATCHWORK EN VACACIONES... Patchwork on holidays...
Las vacaciones son las vacaciones. Holidays are holidays. Patchwork hago poco (solo estoy bordando una etiqueta para poner a una manta que voy a regalar), pero no dejo de pensar en el patchwork cuando estoy de vacaciones. I do little patchwork and quilting these days (I'm only embroidering a label f ...
INSPIRATION: Patrizia Pepe FW collection
I'm in love with everything Italian. Whenever I've been to Italy for a short city trip (Milan/Rome) or a real holiday (Tuscany / Lake Garda), it has always been amazing. I could eat pasta everyday if it were up to me and let's be honest; Italian guys are hot. But what I love the most about Italy, is ...
MARKETS: Mercato di Pesce in Catania, Sicily
It's a wild and memorable stop on any giro in the historic center of Catania, Sicily's southeastern city-on-the-sea, in the shadow of Mount Etna: the Mercato di Pesce, or fish market. It encompasses more than just fish, but the daily catch from local waters is really the star of the show here in the ...
August 29, 2014
110 years ago 1904 Died on this date Murad V, 63. Ottoman Sultan, 1876. Murad V succeeded to the throne of the Ottoman Empire upon the death of his uncle Abdülaziz. Murad V was deposed after 93 days and replaced by Abdülhamid II. 100 years ago 1914 War The Battle of St. Quentin began in which the Fr ...
A Peek into Peaking
A Peek into Peaking "If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there." Lewis Carroll Here are the numbers from August as we taper off of our monthly peak. 6 AM temperatures through the first 26 days averaged 38 degrees with two days starting at 49 degrees and a low of 30 degrees o ...
Something New (Welcome to SA)
A few weeks back on Woman’s Day we went to the wonderful event hosted by Wellness Warehouse (which you can read about here). It was a beautiful day with lovely people but what I’m really going to talk to you about today is Couleur Cosmetics which has been brought in from France by DEA Organics along ...
Hot News: How Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Pulled Off Their Top Secret Wedding!
>Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images >Is this the year of secret weddings or what?! >A number of stars said I do under the radar in recent months, but and Angelina Jolie took the (wedding) cake when it comes to successfully tying the knot without anybody even having a clue that it was ab ...
Shell Sells Nigeria Oil Fields
Royal Dutch Shell has sold some of four oil fields up for grabs in Nigeria, it said on Wednesday, as the oil and gas company pushes ahead with global asset sales to cut costs. Shell last year put up for sale its 30 percent shares in four oil blocks in the Niger Delta — Oil Mining Licence (OML) 18, 2 ...
L'Aperitivo, the Happy Hour (with recipe!)
“Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.” Walt Whitman One of the things you learn when you move to Italy is that in order to get a (mini) cup of coffee, you don't go to a coffee house. You have your coffee at "The Bar", a place that before living here, ...
