New entries in the latest edition of the Rizzoli Larousse Dizionario della Lingua Italiana provide an interesting insight into the national zeitgeist. They include antiglobal, someone who opposes globalisation, burqa, th...
Biographies are not often a pleasure to read. Too many are badly edited and bulked out with a mass of irrelevant detail, pseudo-psychological mumbo-jumbo and insights that are suspect to say the least. The heavier the we...
You can now get the latest news about traffic, culture, events and services in Rome in the form of SMS messages sent to your mobile phone. The initiative, which includes such information as the opening hours of exhibitio...
Italian elementary school pupils came tenth in a survey of reading standards in 35 countries, behind a top three of Sweden, Holland and England, and the United States in ninth place, but above Germany in 11th place and F...
In recent years, wine bars have been popping up in Rome like mushrooms in a damp autumn. This is largely due to the rise in popularity of a wine culture, a heritage that was neglected for many years. Now wine bars are al...
With no shortage of beautiful women on show in the Italian media, campaigners for equal rights may welcome the launch of a calendar full of beautiful men. But there is no flaunting of flesh within its pages and no saucy...
The exhibition on the Impressionists at the Vittoriano in Rome is like a gift; entering rooms hung with pictures full of light and air, and sparkling with joyful and well-considered brushwork, you breathe more lightly....
Amateur gold tournament with Italian TV celebrities. Proceeds go to the NGO Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo (VIS). 12.00 followed by brunch.
Villa Borghese will host the Concorso Ippico di Piazza di Siena, the international showjumping competition, from 22-25 May. This year the tournament, now in its 71st year, will be part of the new "Super League" circuit o...
The Anglican Centre in Rome will get a new director in July after the departure of Bishop Richard Garrard, who left Rome earlier this month. Bishop Garrard had been the emissary in Rome of the Anglican Communion since No...
The Professional Women's Association (PWA) is holding a meeting featuring Kristin Envig, founder and director of WIN Networking, speaking on "Networking with purpose: connecting people to create impact" (19.00).
Piazza Navona will be the focal point of the Giornata Europea dei Parchi in Rome on Sat 24 May, with presentations about projects in the capital's parks, activities for children and information about the environment. Fro...
28 May 2003. Conference in Italian by Polish Academy director Krzysztof Zaboklicki on the theme "Il soggiorno in Italia (1496-1503) di Nicola Copernico (1473-1543)". (18.00)
Danish author Jens Christian Grondahl presents his book "Tavshed i oktober", translated into Italian by Bruno Berni as "Silenzio in ottobre", published by Einaudi (18.00).
The courtyards of 20 private palazzi in Rome will be open to the public free of charge on Sun 25 May, 10.00-18.00. This years list includes:
- Palazzo Borghese - Largo Fontanella Borghese 19
- Palazzo Pallavicini Ros...
28 May 2003. A discussion with Danish author Jens Christian Grondahl about his book "Ottobre di Silenzio", with the translator of the work into Italian Bruno Berni and university lecturer Maria Luisa Spazani. (18.00)
Michle Goslar, author of "Yourcenar. Quanto sarebbe stato insipido essere felice!", presents her book, with contributions from Elisa Bozzelli and Fanoise Fiquet Bonali (17.30).
Sun 25 May. The Notre Dame Liturgical Choir of Notre Dame, Indiana in the United States will perform a programme of music by composers including Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Handel and Durufl. Admission free. (21.00)
In the city center, a few steps from Termini Station, the Policlinico, La Sapienza University and the main Ministries we propose the rental of a three-room penthouse apartment of a...
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