Apulian Days
No place left but up
Reading some of the international press coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, one can come across any number of diverging opinions. Some authors and columnists disagree with the virus containment measures [...]
Rx. for pandemic patience: Cook, eat, read
In times of crisis people have always been able to find unexpected solutions. In the past, and especially here, in southern Apulia, the solutions were ready at hand, since crisis [...]
And what shall they do?
It is difficult to say what will change in Britain and Europe after Brexit. It is to be expected that both the British economy and those of European Union member [...]
Once upon a cuckoo’s nest
So this was London, Victoria Station. A cacophony of sounds and noises and voices, voices of crowds, voices streaming out of loudspeakers, announcing departures and arrivals, requesting attention, giving instructions. [...]
Coming of age, in English
New columnist Aldo Magagnino recalls stumbling on, and learning, a tongue from a distant land.
Author
Aldo Magagnino was born in Alezio (Apulia). After a career as a teacher of English he now works fulltime as a literary translator. He now lives in the Apulian town of Presicce, a few miles from Santa Maria di Leuca, land’s end of the Italian boot, with his wife, two dogs and a variable number of cats.