Pat Eggleton
Articles by Pat Eggleton
Thu, 12/09/2010 - 05:05
To honour the 500th anniversary of Sandro Botticelli’s death, all the artist’s works from public collections in Lombardy are on show together for the…
Thu, 12/09/2010 - 04:56
The famous Christmas tree of Gubbio [Umbria], which in 1991 entered the Guiness Book of Records as the largest in the world, was lit on Tuesday evenin…
Tue, 12/07/2010 - 09:37
Would you like to spend New Year’s Eve in Italy without having to adhere to an organised itinerary or book a table at a smart restaurant? There are nu…
Tue, 12/07/2010 - 09:17
St Peter’s Square witnessed the arrival of a 110-foot, 94-year-old Christmas tree cut from a forest near Luson in Trentino-Alto Adige on Friday, repor…
Tue, 12/07/2010 - 09:04
A fifth century BC statue of Aphrodite is to return to its place of origin in Sicily during January following a long international argument and numero…
Mon, 12/06/2010 - 05:35
The La Scala 2010 Opera Season opens tomorrow amid controversy over arts funding in Italy and further controversy over the chosen composer, Wagner, a…
Mon, 12/06/2010 - 05:26
La Repubblica is reporting that the bodies of two balloonists who were travelling in a hot air balloon which disappeared off the Adriatic coast of It…
Fri, 12/03/2010 - 11:10
“Ma siete tutti pazzi!” [“You’re all mad!”] exclaimed my friend Lucia when I told her I intended to spend Wednesday evening writing my Christmas cards…
Fri, 12/03/2010 - 06:37
Pets in Italy can now have their very own digital health card, just like their owners, reports “La Zampa”, La Stampa’s animal section. The scheme is t…
Fri, 12/03/2010 - 06:25
“Eat, Pray, Love” star Julia Roberts was paid $1.5 million to appear in a non-speaking role in an Italian coffee commercial, reports the Daily Mail.…
Thu, 12/02/2010 - 04:47
Visitors to Milan in the run-up to Christmas will have a chance to go skating and sledge-riding right in the middle of the city as the “Villaggio dell…
Wed, 12/01/2010 - 06:05
An American art collector claims to have found the original terracotta model for Michelangelo’s Pietà, the sculpture of Mary holding the lifeless body…
Wed, 12/01/2010 - 06:00
The 2011 Pirelli Calendar, unveiled in Moscow yesterday, has a mythological theme. The calendar, designed by German fashion king Karl Lagerfeld, conta…
Tue, 11/30/2010 - 12:49
Here are two words which sometimes cause confusion:Diretto means “direct” and a treno diretto is a through train. A volo diretto is a direct flight.Di…
Tue, 11/30/2010 - 09:59
As we approach the Feast of the Immaculate Conception holiday on the 8th of December, when Italy officially gets ready for Christmas, people in many p…
Tue, 11/30/2010 - 06:28
Film director and screenwriter Mario Monicelli died at the age of 95 yesterday after jumping from a fifth-floor hospital window in Rome. He had been a…
Fri, 11/26/2010 - 09:41
How could you not love a place where your dentist’s name translates as “Mrs Clove”, your doctor is “Dr Love”, the carpenter is called “Mr Orange Bloss…
Fri, 11/26/2010 - 06:13
The European Union Court of Justice has overturned an Italian law whereby chocolate which contains only cocoa butter could be labelled “pure chocolate…
Fri, 11/26/2010 - 06:00
Student protests against education cuts continued across Italy yesterday as groups of students occupied the Leaning Tower of Pisa and prevented touris…
Thu, 11/25/2010 - 05:33
Many of Italy’s educational institutions came to a standstill yesterday as students across the country protested against sweeping cuts proposed by the…