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    • Italian trains take over England
      Italian trains take over England
    • Moving to the UK? Sit a language test.
      Moving to the UK? Sit a language test.
    • Have an amatriciana and help Italy’s earthquake victims
      Have an amatriciana and help Italy’s earthquake victims
  • People
    • Pif, the man who fights mafia with a laugh
      Pif, the man who fights mafia with a laugh
    • ‘I’m getting less wiser with age’. Giovanni Allevi back in London to celebrate 25 years in music.
      ‘I’m getting less wiser with age’. Giovanni Allevi back in London to celebrate 25 years in music.
    • ‘Ears’, the journey of a man in search of himself
      ‘Ears’, the journey of a man in search of himself
  • Lifestyle
    • Hotel rooms are not only for love. Try art instead.
      Hotel rooms are not only for love. Try art instead.
    • ‘Italians and the UK’. A documentary on the lives of Italians on National Geographic
      ‘Italians and the UK’. A documentary on the lives of Italians on National Geographic
    • Be Welsh for one night
      Be Welsh for one night
  • Culture
    • Sebastiano and Michelangelo at the National Gallery
      Sebastiano and Michelangelo at the National Gallery
    • Fabrizio Gifuni, a quiet man behind the actor’s mask
      Fabrizio Gifuni, a quiet man behind the actor’s mask
    • ‘Piuma’, parenthood in the wrong time
      ‘Piuma’, parenthood in the wrong time
  • Opinion
    • Five things to make Brexit work
      Five things to make Brexit work
    • Pokémon in Italy: as if Italians were not enough…
      Pokémon in Italy: as if Italians were not enough…
    • On ISIS, Bandura, and the lessons we never learnt
      On ISIS, Bandura, and the lessons we never learnt
  • Travel
    • The chaste kiss of Pompeii can be your most romantic Valentine.
      The chaste kiss of Pompeii can be your most romantic Valentine.
    • Five music festivals you cannot miss in Italy this summer
      Five music festivals you cannot miss in Italy this summer
    • Caravaggio comes to Lampedusa. A museum for the refugees
      Caravaggio comes to Lampedusa. A museum for the refugees
  • Food
    • A Venetian treat can make your day brighter
      A Venetian treat can make your day brighter
    • The kale bruschetta recipe & the Italian cribs
      The kale bruschetta recipe & the Italian cribs
    • London crazy for Italian gelato
      London crazy for Italian gelato
  • London Life
    • Dente and his ‘Canzoni per metà’ (half-written songs) in London
      Dente and his ‘Canzoni per metà’ (half-written songs) in London
    • Giacometti’s Women at Tate Modern
      Giacometti’s Women at Tate Modern
    • A Swiss-Italian photographer at Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
      A Swiss-Italian photographer at Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
  • My London
    • Filomena Campus and her secret London
      Filomena Campus and her secret London
    • My London weekend: soprano Carmen Giannattasio
      My London weekend: soprano Carmen Giannattasio
    • My London weekend: Enrico Franceschini
      My London weekend: Enrico Franceschini
  • your Italian weekend
    • Italian TV correspondent Marco Varvello feels Italian in Brompton
      Italian TV correspondent Marco Varvello feels Italian in Brompton
    • Find your Sicily in London
      Find your Sicily in London
  • Events
  • The IT Factor TV
    • The modern kitchen was invented by Abraham Lincoln. Watch episode 12 of The IT Factor TV.
      The modern kitchen was invented by Abraham Lincoln. Watch episode 12 of The IT Factor TV.
    • How many cold cuts can you name? Watch episode 11 of The IT Factor TV.
      How many cold cuts can you name? Watch episode 11 of The IT Factor TV.
    • Tomato is the sexiest fruit. Watch episode 10 of The IT Factor TV
      Tomato is the sexiest fruit. Watch episode 10 of The IT Factor TV
  • Magazine
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    • VOL – 7 S U N
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Ottavia Zanetta

Born in a small village on the shores of Orta Lake in Northern Italy, I moved to southern Spain during my studies for one year and then I decided London has a better weather. Here I gained a Postgraduate diploma at the London School of Journalism and now I am trying to write about all my passions: arts, music, culture and travel (aka mission impossible).

lorenzo-grifantini
People15th February 2016

Lorenzo Grifantini and the Young Architect of the Year Award

By Ottavia Zanetta

DOSarchitects, award winning architectural firm co-founded by Lorenzo Grifantini, has just been shortlisted for the prestigious Young Architect of the Year Award. The winner will…

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Venice-Carnival
Travel26th January 2016

Once a year you are allowed to get crazy. The 5 things you have to know about the Italian Carnivals

By Ottavia Zanetta

Nowadays Carnival is mainstream but probably its etymology is unknown. The word comes from Latin “carnem levare“, which means “getting rid of the meat”….

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Verona in love
Travel24th January 2016

Want to fall in love in Italy? Go to ‘Verona in Love’

By Ottavia Zanetta

Where is the best place to spend Valentine’s Day this year? Verona, of course, the city that has been awarded World Heritage Site status…

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Napolislam
People22nd January 2016

‘NapolIslam’. Naples as the cradle of tolerance in a movie by Ernesto Pagano

By Ottavia Zanetta

Alessandra, now called Amina, is one of the protagonists of NapolIslam, Ernesto Pagano’s latest documentary, which takes a look at the increasing conversions to Islam in the…

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Joan Miró, Group of people in the wood, 1931, Oil on canvas,  41 x 33 cm © Successió Miró by SIAE 2015
Travel13th January 2016

Seven art exhibitions in Italy you cannot miss in 2016

By Ottavia Zanetta

Which is the best way to start the new year? Visit a new exhibition, of course, and possibly the city where it takes place….

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Mattia Zoppellaro photographer
People10th January 2016

The beauty of normal people. Mattia Zoppellaro at the Taylor Wessing Prize

By Ottavia Zanetta

Mattia Zoppellaro is an Italian photographer who divided his time between Milan and London. Throughout his career he has shot notable many artists and people…

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C Y C L I N G8th January 2016

APP AND GO

By Ottavia Zanetta

Once there was just the bicycle and leg power. Today cyclists tend to look more like astronauts, thanks to all the technological devices that…

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C Y C L I N G8th January 2016

DOS AND DON’TS

By Ottavia Zanetta

DOS Cycling means freedom but it doesn’t mean recklessness. If you want to be respected by drivers, then you need to obey the rules…

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tombola
Travel21st December 2015

Seven Italian Christmas traditions you have to experience

By Ottavia Zanetta

Cenone. It’s not Christmas without any food. In southern Italy Christmas Eve dinner, cenone (literally ‘big dinner’) is usually more popular than Christmas lunch. However,…

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Torrone
Travel14th December 2015

6 Italian desserts you have to try

By Ottavia Zanetta

We are Italians, so we love food. This is a dogma and that’s what foreign people think about us. We do our best at…

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Scala-interior
Travel8th December 2015

8 things you didn’t know about the Scala première

By Ottavia Zanetta

December 7th is an important day in Milan. Not only is it a Bank Holiday (Saint Ambrogio’s Day, the patron saint of Milan), but it’s also…

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lorena-loriato-raw-food
People8th December 2015

A journey into raw food with Italian chef Lorena Loriato

By Ottavia Zanetta

When I heard the word ‘raw food’ for the first time I admit that I knew very little about it. I just figured it to be a…

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