After the last successfull trips with our students, Giuseppe is heading to the heel of Italy’s boot to discover a region with reasons to celebrate local food and history all year round. Puglia: the region with the longest coastline of any region in mainland Italy, nature reserves, caves and cucina povera. Our programme from the 9th of April to the 16th of…
No visit to Agnone is complete without seeing the ancient Sannite ruins at Pietrabbondante, only a short drive away. We went on a spectacular Sunday evening and had the place to ourselves. The historians of our group were amazed to hear about this tribe, considered to be the original Italians. An Italici tribe, these powerful warriors were an Oscan speaking…
A professional chef and an experienced teacher will team up for this special day! The chef will show you and teach you in Italian how to prepare delicious dishes while the teacher will help with the vocabulary and assist you during the lesson. You will start with Primi Piatti on the first lesson to continue with Secondi Piatti and Dolci.…
If you are exploring the possibility to visit Southern Italy in the Autumn, Sorrento could be the best option. The days are shorter and nights are surely chillier in Sorrento in this season but it is a great time to spend there anyway! Tourists numbers drop off in the Fall, so the best time to visit it is October and November. You will…
When you think about Rome in movies, you suddenly face a bunch of titles that brutally take the scene, leaving little space to a whole genre which we could boldly call “romexploitation”. That said, while approaching this list you shouldn’t expect quotations from La dolce vita, cuts from Eat, Pray Love or devoted tributes to La Grande Bellezza. We are…
Italian Cinema Workshop from Sunday 25th of October by Italian language services @ Italian Cultural Institute in London After the success of our last cinema workshops, this term is intended to present the Italian cinema through the eye of the young directors and actors. This short-course is designed for intermediate and upper-intermediate students of Italian. The aim of this course…
The best way to let your inhibitions fly out the window and get practicing Italian is to find a place where no one speaks English and then engage in an activity. Cooking is one of the best – this summer at Live and Learn Italian everyone enjoyed the cooking sessions so much that in 2016 there will be more opportunities…
The BFI London Film Festival is one of Europe’s leading public film events, showcasing the best new cinema from around the world. This year’s programme includes 13 films from Italy: The Wait (L’Attesa) by Piero Messina A Bigger Splash by Luca Guadagnino Youth by Paolo Sorrentino The Invisible Boy by Gabriele Salvatores Blood of my blood (Sangue del mio sangue)…
3 nights, 24 acts from 14 countries, 100+ musicians and 1 very big orchestra Powered by musician DIY, Match&Fuse has been blazing a trail across Europe since 2011, ignoring borders of countries and music genres, it’s all about energy, edge and experimentation. On 15, 16 & 17 October this festival brings the best of progressive music from UK, Norway, France,…
Some people think that idioms are the most obscure subject that can be encountered when attempting to learn a foreign language, and we might agree with this assumption. Beacause of their sheer nature of crystalized linguistic structures whose origins have often been lost in the process of language evolution, idioms are always a very tricky issue in the hands of…
