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Two brothers from Tavarnelle, in the Florence Chianti, have decided to take their wine-making aspirations to India. Alessio and Andrea Secci have team up with longtime family friends from India to grow grapes and produce wine in the Indian city of Akluj, located some 200 kilometres from Mumbai.
The Italian Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) recently gave some good news to Florence: the Museo Galileo is the best managed museum in Italy. The announcement came as part of ICOM's debut of the Prize ICOM Italy, the first award in Italy dedicated to museums.
The end of the calendar year is always good moment for reflection on the accomplishments over the past 12 months. Florence's identity has changed little from the romantic ‘cradle of the Renaissance' image that the city and its leaders have perpetuated for decades, revelling in the glories
‘Tis the season, so they say. Deck the halls! It’s likely that whoever called for Christmas cheer and trimmings in the English carols had never seen an Italian Christmas. If ...
Tradition has it that in Italy old people and children spend time in the mountains during summer so that they can breathe some healthy fresh air at higher altitudes. An even older tradition says that animals need this same treatment. Come summer, my valley-dwelling friends in Umbria-one
?Give me a ring and tell me where you are.’ ?What time did you get there?’ ?Who’s there with you?’ All these phrases are destined to the fate of the ...
Italy has long been the friend of both food fanciers and wine worshippers. Yet despite this, it is also a country that is viewed with suspicion by the beer-guzzling masses beyond its borders. Beer, you see, is the world's most popular alcoholic drink, and it stirs strong rivalries
Visiting the marvelous exhibit entitled Salvador Dalì. Il sogno si avvicina (‘The dream is getting closer') at Milan's palazzo Reale (until January 30, 2011; www.mostradali.it), I found myself reflecting on the essence of personal style and on a time when clothes were vehicles for self
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. . . any man’s death diminishes me, because ...
‘You almost never write about women,’ a woman friend told me not long ago. ‘Most of your articles talk about men.’ I had not been tallying up ...
Today he is an independent writer and consultant on international affairs, based in London and Somerset, and writes regular columns for The Times in Britain and La Stampa in Italy. ...
June Bellamy was born in Burma to a Burmese princess and an Australian pioneer. Burma (now known as Myanmar) was occupied by the Japanese during the war, and ...
Singer-songwriter, actor and showman, Renato Zero, turned 60 on September 30, 2010. He celebrated his birthday by giving six unique concerts entitled Sei Zero in Rome’s piazza di Siena. ...
The exhibition brings together 77 works: 53 paintings, 16 sculptures and 8 drawings, comprising masterpieces of stunning expressive power and breathtaking chromatic energy by one of Italy’s original naïve ...
Seventeen exhibitions, conferences, photo lounges, workshops and more for this year’s Lucca Digital Photo Fest. Exhibitions include award-winning press photos of 2010, a retrospective of Marilyn Monroe portraits throughout ...
