As he guided Lazio to a conclusive victory over hated Roman rivals Roma, Paolo di Canio couldn’t resist celebrating by racing over to the Lazio Ultras and saluting them, with his right arm stretched at an angle, with palm flattened. The debate of the week then has been as to what the gesture meant, was […]
When the smoking ban in enclosed places was introduced in Ireland, many remarked that such a prohibition would never even be mooted in Southern Europe, with its bars and cafes perpetually wreathed in tobacco fumes. Well it’s happened in Italy and my fellow Three Monkey’s blogger “The View from Bologna” reports on how the new […]
And so, after much talk (it’s been proposed on and off for years), Italy has followed Ireland’s example and banned smoking in public places. As of today Italy’s bars and restaurants, as well as workplaces, will be theoretically smoke free.
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American radio isn’t all shockjocks and foaming-at-the-mouth evangelicals–National Public Radio (NPR) is sort of like an American version of BBC Radio 4, which makes it an object of fear-and-loathing among those who think Ann Coulter is a rational human being. (Her latest musings ooze under the rubric “Liberals Love America Like O.J. Loved Nicole“.) But […]
Berlusconi continues to blaze a trail in maverick thinking, inspiring awe and confusion in all he encounters. In his end of year press conference he was asked about this year’s “Lifting” episode and his much talked about hair transplant surgery. He smiled and replied “I like to see myself young, and it’s a form of […]
Here are three things, tenuously connected, I’d like to mention today:*Contrary to previously expressed hopes that the Indian Ocean disaster might encourage a new generation of sceptics, this Washington Post headline doesn’t bode well: ‘In Angry Waves, the Devout See an Angry God.‘ *As the Economist pointed out, this is not the worst loss of […]
To that appalling spectacle of woe,Will ye reply: �You do but illustrateThe iron laws that chain the will of God�?Say ye, o�er that yet quivering mass of flesh:�God is avenged: the wage of sin is death�?What crime, what sin, had those young hearts conceivedThat lie, bleeding and torn, on mother�s breast?Did fallen Lisbon deeper drink […]
What you need (for 2 people): 50 gr clams 1 clove of garlic1 scarce teaspoon dried crumbled chilli pepper olive oil1 bunch of fresh parsley leaves 1 slug dry white wine 200 gr. spaghetti Salt and pepper to taste How you do it: Wash the clams well to eliminate dirt and sand. Put them in […]
My step-father always makes such a big deal on Christmas Eve with the potato puree – he is the appointed cook every year and normally starts the preparations hours before dinner – when we were all kids we were nearly more excited with the final result (a fluffy mountain of steaming hot, pale yellow cream […]