Now, if you’re in love with Italy and Italian Lifestyle you might have attended to more than one aperitivo in your life, even in Italy. And surely you have been able to identify these 5 particular kinds of attendees which are infesting every aperitif or happy hour in the world. 1.Mr. Know-It-All Are you talking…
How many times have you tried to sing one of the most pupular Italian song Nel Blu dipinto di blu, better known as Volare, cantare? Learn Italian with songs Every time you listen to it, it sounds so fresh and modern, but it is about 60 years old! Domenico Modugno (a singer originally from the region of Apulia) sang for…
2016 marks the sixth year of Cinema Made in Italy, an annual festival of Italian contemporary cinema, organised by Istituto Luce Cinecittà, in collaboration with Ciné Lumière and with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in London. This year’s edition showcases nine titles selected by film experts Giorgio Gosetti and Adrian Wootton, reflecting the best of Italian production, from…
On the beautiful Adriatic coastline shared by Molise, Abruzzo and Puglia, lies the “La costa dei Trabucchi’: here large wooden platforms rooted to the rocks jut out into the sea. The arms of the trabucco or trabocco hold a narrow fishing net, il traboccetto. A complicated series of winches is used to lower and raise the net, literally catching the fish…
Brace yourselves, winter is coming! Or, we should say, it’s already here. Temperatures dropped so dramatically during last week that Romans are experiencing somenthing very unusual: a real winter! Although the idea of the Colosseum covered in snow might be fascinating for many, people in Rome consider the possibility of a snowfall as a real disaster: at the first sight of…
This winter festival is unique to Agnone, in alto Molise, which is believed to have originated as a Samnite festival of fire when the torches, or ‘ndocce’ were used during tribal shifts that usually took place at night, as s source of light. Later during Christian times, this tradition of burning torches continued as a festive way for the community…
Parental advisory: The following post contains explicit language. They are Italian words worth paying heed to. Every language has its own puns and double meanings, but for language students it is always tricky to find out when they are accidently embarassing themselves by using innocent words in inappropriate contexts. Here’s a list of 10 very innocent Italian Words you might want…
December has finally arrived and if you want to escape the Christmas madness, there is plenty going on at the Italian Cultural Institute and throughout London. On the 8th of December at the Institute of Contemporary Art, grand opening party for the exhibition «Radical Disco »: architectural drawings, writings, photographs of the designs for the construction of six discothèques in…
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…
