HOUSE OF GUCCI - Power and greed Italian-style

HOUSE OF GUCCI - Power and greed Italian-style

Guido Bonsaver (En)
Entertainment

Expectations behind House of Gucci were massive. Ridley Scott is not only a cult director; his recent experience at a rich-family saga with an Italian twist - All the Money in the World (2017) - was seen as a step towards this film. The cast could not be more charismatic: from Lady Gaga to Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jared Ledo and Jeremy Irons. The story could not be more enthralling: power, sex, greed and murder: all amongst the inner circle of one of the world’s most famous fashion brands. It felt like an inevitable success in waiting. But was it?

JAGO - Sculpture beyond borders

JAGO - Sculpture beyond borders

Elisa Potenziani (En)
Art

JAGO is an exceptionally talented sculptor and, despite his young age, one of the most internationally successful contemporary Italian artists. At the age of 24 he was selected by prof. Vittorio Sgarbi to participate in the 54th edition of the Venice Biennale, exhibiting a marble bust of Pope Benedict XVI which earned him the Pontifical Medal. We met him during the exhibition of his "Pietà" at the Church of the Artists in Rome.

THE "TRABOCCHI" OF THE ABRUZZI COAST - Fishing machines with a life of their own

THE "TRABOCCHI" OF THE ABRUZZI COAST - Fishing machines with a life of their own

Paola Caronni (En)
Travel

There are many stories surrounding the origins of these very particular structures that can be found in various places on the Adriatic coast. Some think they might date back to the Phoenician times, others that they have more recent origins, and that they were a clever invention to assure a safe shelter to the fishermen who did not have, in this way, to adventure out to rough seas.

TAYLEE LEWIS – Italian for love

TAYLEE LEWIS – Italian for love

Stefania Del Monte (En)
Lifestyle

Originally from Australia, Taylee Lewis moved to Italy in 2017, after marrying an Italian. She holds a degree in Journalism, a Master’s in International Relations and is now completing an MBA with IE Business School out of Madrid. After starting her career as a finance journalist in Sydney she took up a position as a corporate and government affairs consultant with Weber Shandwick. Her role was to assist multinationals from countries like China, Singapore, Canada and France to navigate the Australian market. This was achieved through improving relations with government, as well as enhancing their corporate image in the eyes of the Australian people.

WORLD REFUGEE DAY - Celebrating with writing and poetry

WORLD REFUGEE DAY - Celebrating with writing and poetry

Paola Caronni (En)
Culture

During our classes, Adele* likes to call me ‘Professor’, and every time this undeserved title makes me smile. I tell her that I’m not a Professor, but rather someone who is just sharing with them her passion for writing. We sit in the room that is also a storage for textile products, and read and make comments on what she and the others have written. Adele is an asylum seeker from Togo. Francois*, who likes to write long and detailed stories, is from Congo. Some students come from Nigeria, Cameroon, and other African countries.

BOBSY GAIA – A conversation on Lamma Island, the environment, and living a sustainable life

BOBSY GAIA – A conversation on Lamma Island, the environment, and living a sustainable life

Paola Caronni (En)
Lifestyle

Sometimes, you can talk about a place only if you get to know the people who lived there, fell in love with it and work to make it better. A few years ago I found myself at Gaia House, a beautiful, bright-coloured Balinese-style house on top of a cliff on Lamma Island, overlooking a small beach. It belonged to Bobsy Gaia, a truly inspired man whom I had the pleasure to meet again later, in SoHo. Over a long conversation, we talked about living a sustainable lifestyle, based on diet and its impact on our beloved planet.

THE LIFE AHEAD (AND BEHIND) US - The return of Sophia Loren

THE LIFE AHEAD (AND BEHIND) US - The return of Sophia Loren

Guido Bonsaver (En)
Entertainment

A few weeks ago, the Italian newspapers proudly reported the victory at the Golden Globes of the song Io Sì by Diane Warren, sung by Laura Pausini, winner in the Best Original Song category. A well-deserved victory, to which we wish all the best in the next round (the most difficult) of the night of the Oscars. Then in May it will be the turn of Italy, with the David di Donatello, and on that occasion it is possible that other supporting elements of the film A life ahead may also receive some recognition.

THE TREASURE OF CADIZ – An adventure of the Black Corsair

THE TREASURE OF CADIZ – An adventure of the Black Corsair

Sara Del Monte (En)
Culture

(Story freely inspired by Emilio Salgari's Black Corsair)

The Black Corsair was a tall, slender man with an elegant bearing. His features were beautiful: a regular nose, two small lips, red like coral, a wide forehead furrowed with a slight wrinkle, which gave his face a melancholy air, and two eyes as black as charcoals with a perfect cut, vivid and animated, surrounded by long and lush lashes.

One day the Corsair arrived in Cadiz, a town located along the southwestern coast of Spain. For some time, in fact, it had been rumoured that a magical treasure was to be found right here…

FUMONE - Return to Ithaca

FUMONE - Return to Ithaca

Stefania Del Monte (En)
Travel

There are places that are part of us and, even if life leads us far away, we know that returning there we will find a piece of our soul. There are corners of the earth that smile at us more than others and that we only need to breathe for a minute to still feel ours. There are places where every morning is summer and we stay young forever. Fumone, the Olympus of Ciociaria, is my Ithaca.