Month: February 2019
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Black and white bread
There’s a mystery in Italy to Italian bread, and Ive heard so many reasons behind it, it’s up there with Area 51 as a conspiracy. To any seasoned breadaholic from another country, trying to find a decent wholemeal loaf in Italy is like searching for the Templar treasure. Lots of bready products emblazon their labels…
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Reasons to be cheerful (part Diciotti)
You may remember a ship called the Diciotti which Salvini denied permission to dock in Catania, thronged as it was with migrants who had been saved at sea. He was putatively indicted for hostage taking and denial of human rights. Of course being an MP the rest of the club have to vote as to…
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Eating words
The Powers that Be have a rather annoying habit of announcing new laws before they have been written, discussed or even thought about for more than a fleeting moment. This week we have had three. Last year on the back of the elections, the M5S announced that they were going to end all Sunday opening,…
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Montalbano lost at sea
The threat of an episode of Montalbano dealing with immigrants meant that Salvini took a break from eating all the pies to go on tv directly afterwards to refute anti immigrant accusations. In the end it was a storm in teacup, and Salvini used the moment to a) slag off the French b) agree that…