EDITORIAL
I tan and I do not get sunburned. The sun and I have always got along well together. That was until the skin cancer…
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Italian Lovers
Irish-born Maria McHugh has always had ‘Italy envy’ as she puts it. Her passion for the ‘bel paese’ began about 25 years ago when…
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GETTING TANNED TO PERFECTION IS AN ART ITALIANS MASTER AS NO ONE ELSE CAN
This story takes place in July in the early 70s. I’m a little child, visiting Holland with my parents. We are at Hoogeveen, in…
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DRUIDS, HIPPIES AND COMMON PEOPLE THE SHORTEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR IS ALSO THE CROWDEST
Waterloo station platform 6 one special Saturday evening was magically transformed into a multitude of human characters. Neo hippies sporting sandals and carrying wreaths,…
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A real bagnino always catches the next wave
If you are indulging in an aperitivo in one of the old fashioned bars along the Riviera Romagnola, between Rimini and Riccione, you’ll hear…
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THE SUN SHINES HIGH IN ITALIAN LITERATURE
“The sun burnt every day. It burnt time.” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 “Love, that moves the sun and the other stars” Dante Alighieri, Paradiso…
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SUN-KISSED, NOT SUN-SCORCHED. THE BRITISH ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE SUNSHINE SEEMS TO BE THE WISEST WAY FORWARD
“Sunshine. When we don’t have it, we chase it, and when we get too much of it, we run a mile”. Hans Christian Andersen…
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SUN IS A GREAT HEALER AND SOOTHES ANYONE’S SOUL (BANKER’S INCLUDED)
Miners and bankers have much in common when it comes to the job: both share unhealthy work environments (coal and colleagues respectively), both get…
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FABIO DI CARLO
Fabio Di Carlo is a photographer and graphic designer. He produces images mainly for the advertising industry, He’s always had a fascination for still…
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ONLY ARTISTS, MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN GO OUT IN THE MIDDAY SUN
For hundreds of years sunlight, and its infinite range of shades and colours, has been a source of inspiration and sublime fascination for mankind…
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ITALIAN SUN IS THE PERFECT LOVER FOR THE YOUNG AND A SAFE HAVEN FOR THE MORE MATURE
THAT’S WHY BRITISH POETS HAVE ALWAYS FALLEN IN LOVE WITH OUR COUNTRY When British people imagine Italy in a nostalgic or daydreamy moment,…
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WHY ARE MEN SO UNCOOL UNDER THE SUN?
What is it about the whole concept of ‘holiday wear’ that makes me break out in a cold sweat? Is it the whole sandals…
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