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  • Ljubljana

    Ljubljana is one of Europe's coolest capital cities, famed for its castle, beautiful bridges, vibran
  • Break, Blow, Burn – Camille Paglia discusses poetry

    The publication of Camille Paglia’s Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson in 1990 announced the arrival of a new intellectual voice. That work – with its startli
  • tomas eloy martinez interview

    “Good writers do not write to flatter people’s good feelings” – Tomás Eloy Martínez in interview

    Known for novels such as Santa Evita and The Perón Novel (La Novela de Perón) and winner of awards such as the 2003 Rodolfo Walsh Award for his career in journalism, and the 2002 Alfaguara Prize wit
  • N.A.T.O. Gladio, and the strategy of tension.

    In August of 1990, Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti confirmed that a secret army, called Gladio, had existed in Italy throughout the Cold War period. His revelations were shocking, not simply b
  • Tanti Auguri Silvio – It's nothing personal

    Many happy returns to Silvio Berlusconi, celebrating his birthday. Well wishers (or spin-doctors?) on the Forza Italia official site posted gloriously over the top messages of congratulation: “D
  • Tanti Auguri Silvio – It’s nothing personal

    Many happy returns to Silvio Berlusconi, celebrating his birthday. Well wishers (or spin-doctors?) on the Forza Italia official site posted gloriously over the top messages of congratulation: “D
  • Go easy on the Kummerspeck

    The BBC features an article on The Meaning Of Tingo, a book by euphoniously named Adam Jacot de Boinod that collects some words or phrases that deserve to be borrowed by English.For example, the Japan
  • It could drive a man to drink…

    From the surprisingly dependable National Enquirer:”Bush, who said he quit drinking the morning after his 40th birthday, has started boozing amid the Katrina catastrophe.”When the levees b
  • Siniscalco out – Tremonti in

    After just over a year in office, Italian finance minister Domenico Siniscalco has resigned. Ostensibly provoked by the continuing inability of the Government to force the resignation of Banca Italia&
  • Avoiding the “hard sell”?

    Those who have earned a crust writing courseware for that nebulous industry, e-Learning, often cringed at the “scenarios” they had to create that illustrated some recommended workplace beh