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President what President?

Yesterday Berlusconi withdrew from the Presidential race – ‘for the sake of unity’ and went immediately to…

Scratch the Surface

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

Do but Don’t

Italy’s bravura at making rules which are made to be broken comes to the fore again.  You…

The sinner and Saint Raphael

There was once a humble multi billionaire who got caught perverting the cause of justice by paying…

Mattiavelli

The great schemer of his age makes Berlusconi look like an amateur.   Now we learn that matteo…

It’s behind you !

One of the major pastimes in Italy is that of the art of dietrologia – roughly translated…

MayDay

Who would have thought that a concert for May Day would become a real mayday alert for…

A father or a Dad

An Italian court has decided that a woman can use a fertilised egg to get pregnant.  This,…

Not even a leaf moves

Draghi has been sworn in and all is well with the world.   Apparently.  Now there’s talk of…

Berlo’s back

As the politicial Freddy Kruger, (every time you think he’s dead, he comes back in a sequel)…