Pat Eggleton
Articles by Pat Eggleton
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 06:09
Following the success of the iBreviary, an iPhone application containing the book of daily prayers used by Roman Catholic priests, the Rev Paolo Padri…
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 03:46
An 87-year-old woman from Massarosa [Lucca, Tuscany] has been prevented from marrying her 49-year-old fiancé today by the Public Prosecutor of Lucca.…
Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:03
Photo by ReutersOnce again, there is only one topic of conversation here in Italy and the word you will hear most often today is “vergogna” [“shame”]…
Fri, 06/25/2010 - 04:52
Words by Pat EggletonToday I want to share with you some of my favourite reading about Sicily. These are not travel guides but well-written, informat…
Fri, 06/25/2010 - 04:24
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If you’ve been following our language lessons and tips for the past few weeks, you are ready to complete th…
Thu, 06/24/2010 - 09:28
In our series about romantic films set in Italy, we’d like to remind you of a “golden oldie” today. This is the film in which Katherine Hepburn really…
Thu, 06/24/2010 - 06:36
As you can imagine, there is only one topic of conversation all over Italy today: Italy’s “win or go home” World Cup match against Slovakia this afte…
Thu, 06/24/2010 - 05:39
On June 30th the European Court of Human Rights will hear, in open session, Italy’s appeal to have the Court’s ruling on crucifixes in classrooms over…
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 04:11
Words by Pat EggletonMeet Chelsea Christensen, an American girl who moved to Italy for love. She blogs from Turin about the ups and downs of living in…
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 04:01
24th June sees the birthday of Alfa Romeo, makers of the car that symbolised Italian luxury throughout the 1960s, and big celebrations are planned in…
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 03:27
Archaeologists working on a Vatican funded restoration project in the Santa Tecla Catacomb in Rome have discovered the world’s oldest images of the Ap…
Tue, 06/22/2010 - 06:33
George Clooney and other members of the cast and crew of “The American” were back in the town of Sulmona in L’Aquila Province [Abruzzo] last week to r…
Tue, 06/22/2010 - 04:54
Words by Pat EggletonNervoso doesn’t mean “nervous”. It means “irritable”. If you want to say you are nervous, you should say, Sono ansioso / a. Un…
Tue, 06/22/2010 - 03:30
Words by Pat EggletonThis week we are taking you on a food shopping tour to some of Italy’s less visited locations. Again, we are concentrating on spe…
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 09:36
Words by Pat EggletonMeet Sue Phillips, who moved to Pescia [Tuscany] with her husband and young family nearly a year ago. This is her story. Sue, ca…
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 03:53
Cardinal Crescenzo Sepe, Archbishop of Naples, is to be investigated over his alleged part in a corrupt property deal. The Cardinal was, until 2006, h…
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 03:46
Picture by AnsaA housewife in Turin noticed something strange when she opened a packet of mozzarella – so strange, in fact, that she thought she would…
Fri, 06/18/2010 - 04:32
Words by Pat EggletonNelson is the kind of English hero whose exploits used to fill schoolbooks and “Boys’ Own” annuals and, although many British peo…
Fri, 06/18/2010 - 04:03
It’s a self-assembly wooden box measuring 35 by 60 centimetres and the Italian chain Coop sold 12,000 of them, at 27 euros each, during April and May.…
Fri, 06/18/2010 - 03:46
If you were a celebrity in Italy and wanted to dine out incognito, last Monday evening would have been a good time to do it. According to a gossip col…