Month: October 2012

a touch of the Bleak House

I watched Berlusconi’s wax effigy hold a press conference the other day – surreal stuff. A 90…

good men down

So the universal party that welcomed the demise of Uncle Steptoe’s political career may have been a…

Rejoice at that news

As Maggie said – hang out the bunting, as Steptoe has decided that he will not remain…

A binder full of women

Poor Romney – he cant understand them.  Compared to Berlusconi of course, who yesterdaylet slip his new…

Formigoni cheese

It’s all going terribly ‘forma di pera’ in Lombardy. The president of said region – Formigoni (never…

Knowing no bounds

The magnanimity of uncle Steptoe is universally acknowledged, but even he has outdone himself this time.  …

That was a week that was

I dont know where to begin.  There have been so many scandals and stories of Italian naughtiness…