That way madness lies

Its Day 8 in the Big Brother household.  Or Day 9 – I cant quite remember when…

Life in lockdown

It’s odd how many people seem to think that being in Sicily in the age of Covid19…

Going viral

Suddenly I seem to have time on my hands, and antibacterial gel. It’s day two of the…

Berlusconi’s Pad

The story of Arcore It’s a story that reads like a film.   As a plot of a…

A very Italian poisoning

Imane Fadil was one of Berlusconi’s bunga bunga girls.  She died at the beginning of March after…

Tic Toc

The EU bigwigs have decided that by 2021 all member countries can decide if they want to…

I Millibandi

Italy has finally caught up with the UK.  These two unlikely brothers (could they be related?) are…

Black and white bread

There’s a mystery in Italy to Italian bread, and Ive heard so many reasons behind it, it’s…

Reasons to be cheerful (part Diciotti)

You may remember a ship called the Diciotti which Salvini denied permission to dock in Catania, thronged…

Eating words

The Powers that Be have a rather annoying habit of announcing new laws before they have been…