Faking it with glee
The spreading of manipulated information has been a constant throughout most of human history. Now, however, in the social media [...]
Into the soul of the deep south
Italy is the country, as someone used to say, of one thousand belfries, where “belfry” stands for home town. In [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Coming of age, in English
New columnist Aldo Magagnino recalls stumbling on, and learning, a tongue from a distant land.