Tea as a drink is the aromatic herbal beverage made by combining the processed leaves of the tea bush Camellia Sinensis with hot or boiling water. Therefore, strictly speaking, herbal, flower or fruit-based infusions are not teas, unless they also contain…
As Intiman, an Italo Bolivian musician based in Rome saw his career begin to take off, he began to explore what options he had for getting his music heard. He was wary of signing a contract with a major record…
An image painted on a wall in London’s Portobello road, depicts a French painter standing by an easel, looking on with satisfaction at the results of his work. His gaze rests on some large, graffiti-style letters that spell out the…
Shadows in the sun, the second feature movie from director David Rocksavage, is a moving family drama in which all members of cast are perfectly chosen and deliver touching performances. In the late Sixties, Hannah (Jean Simmons), an old woman…
When travelling on Rome or Milan’s railway and underground systems, it’s hard not to notice the huge amount of graffiti splayed across the trains. Words like “Tuff”, “Aser” and “Chico” shout out from the carriages in a cacophony of colour…
An imposing black man is standing in front of the mirror of a tiny bathroom coating his dark features with red foundation cream. He pulls out an eye shadow palette and starts applying green, gold and purple stripes to his…
I caught myself wondering the other day how interesting it is that the English language has the expression ‘it’s all Greek to me’ for something we find difficult to understand. This is in fact the usual reaction of people when I…
His concerts in London and Paris are sold out. And he has been defined “the male Joni Mitchell”. But Jay Brannan has probably reached a wider audience since he starred as Ceth in the 2006 movie Shortbus by John Cameron Mitchell,…
A graceful painter, shy, distinguished. The only woman, and a foreigner, in the group of the Six Painters of Turin (“i Sei di Torino”). Jessie Boswell (Leeds 1881 – Moncrivello, Biella, 1956) can be today (re)discovered in Turin, at the…
Workshop Missoni: daring to be different
As colourful as Emilio Pucci, but in a geometric kaleidoscopic dimension, Missoni is a style. Vibrant and inventive, it is immediately recognisable, especially for its intricate knitwear patterns. Husband and wife Ottavio and Rosita Missoni have created a brand that…
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non capisco questa tuo atteggiamento. sei un giornalista apparentemente (ti definisci così), ma...
capisco.. ed ora che hai ceduto, hai la percezione di aver fatto la cosa giusta?