Category: Culture

Art is in the safe of the beholder

Sgarbi has finally resigned, though it’s probable he was pushed. It’s also probably that there has been…

Ministry of Culture Wars

The repellent Daniela Santanche (minister of Tourism) has to answer to the House this week because of…

Mr GoodFaith

Ive lived in Sicily for 20 years.  Perhaps I have been unconsciously affected by the Sicilian lack…

Absolutely not fabulous

The repellent Daniela Santanchè, new minister of tourism under Meloni, is a political travesty.   Resembling a Jennifer…

Merry?

In 1943 The Decima Mas was a flotilla of the Italian Fascist navy used against the partisans. …

What a Pillon

  Simone Pillon – senator for the Lega, ex teacher at a secondary school and economist.  Also…

It’s your fault.

  The  Court of Appeal outdid itself yesterday.  Ruling on the compensation due to the families of…

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Padrino called a meeting yesterday.  Silvio Berlusconi – 85 years old, seriously ill, in the middle…

Scratch the Surface

Notwithstanding the ludicrous temperatures in my part of Sicily this week,  (25 degrees at 6 am, and…

The Dame is Game

Italian funny man Checco Zalone and Helen Mirren team up for a song to encourage people to…