Pat Eggleton
Articles by Pat Eggleton
Fri, 05/21/2010 - 09:36
It is Saturday morning in Modica and the sun has returned to Sicily. So won’t you join me, today, for a stroll in Modica Bassa? Before we can begin,…
Thu, 05/20/2010 - 03:51
Meet Terry Bhola from Brooklyn, New York, who blogs about his new life in Italy and his forthcoming book, “Searching for Wild Asparagus in Umbria”. Te…
Tue, 05/18/2010 - 11:10
If you thought that the Valle d’Aosta is only worth visiting during the winter sports season you should read on, for Italy’s smallest and least popula…
Mon, 05/17/2010 - 06:29
In the midst of the gravest economic recession since World War II it is comforting to learn that one product is enjoying a boom in Italy: sales of the…
Mon, 05/17/2010 - 05:55
Tragedy came to one of the most beautiful tourist spots in Italy just before midnight on Saturday when an American woman was drowned in the rough sea…
Fri, 05/14/2010 - 06:32
Giuliana Coen Camerino, handbag designer and founder of the Venetian fashion house Roberta di Camerino, died during Monday night at the age of 90.
Bo…
Fri, 05/14/2010 - 06:22
In this photo: priestly ordinationThe ordination of a woman priest in the All Saints Anglican Church near the Vatican at the end of this month is like…
Fri, 05/14/2010 - 04:52
Words by Pat EggletonMeet Gino Cannata - artist, countryman, cook, grandfather and one of the kindest men I know. Gino, I first met you in 1992 but I…
Thu, 05/13/2010 - 09:47
Last week we looked at the verb “essere” [to be ] but this is not the verb we usually use to ask about someone’s health or to respond.
For this, we u…
Thu, 05/13/2010 - 06:51
May 15th sees the launch in Italy of the “Lapo-shirt” for men. Costing around 50 euros each and designed for Lapo Elkann’s company Italia Independent,…
Thu, 05/13/2010 - 05:50
The BBC is reporting that police have arrested 33 suspects and seized 66lb of cocaine in raids across Italy in connection with a drug ring which had b…
Wed, 05/12/2010 - 06:56
Silvio Berlusconi and his estranged wife Veronica Lario have at last reached a divorce settlement in which Ms Lario will receive 300,000 euros [£253,…
Wed, 05/12/2010 - 06:30
In this photo: a Foetus in the Womb (c. 1510 - 1512) - a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.In one month 1,069 packs containing the abortion pill RU486 have…
Wed, 05/12/2010 - 04:12
Words by Pat EggletonMeet Sarah Fontò, who blogs, from “deepest, darkest, Lomilla” about educating her son at home, her husband the “Italian Sock Drop…
Tue, 05/11/2010 - 10:21
Words by Pat Eggleton
Plurals can be confusing in Italian, the good news is that some Italian words don’t change in the plural , eg:
Words that end…
Tue, 05/11/2010 - 09:23
“Infiorate” [plural] means flower decorations and, with the coming of spring, these are the pride and joy of several small Italian towns. The traditio…
Tue, 05/11/2010 - 06:56
In this photo: Livia Turco / Letizia MorattiMilan Mayor Letizia Moratti, speaking at a conference on immigration at the city’s Università Cattolica, h…
Tue, 05/11/2010 - 06:55
No one was hurt and tourist visits to the Colosseum went ahead on Sunday after three chunks of mortar fell off an interior wall during Saturday night…
Mon, 05/10/2010 - 10:27
Words by Pat EggletonMargo Giovannone is from the Rhondda Valley in Wales, UK and now lives near Cardiff. Here she talks about her Italian family and…
Mon, 05/10/2010 - 06:21
This week sees the release in the USA of Letters to Juliet, a romance set in Verona and starring Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Chris Egan and Gae…