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Katana, the new floor lamp by V12 design and Arkispazio for I Tre

18 March, 2020

This elegant floor lamp called Katana and designed by V12design and Arkispazio for I tre, one of the Firme di vetro’s brands, has been presented at the Frankfurt international exhibition Light & Building 2008. Made of carbon fibre this dynamic…

Italian playmate Sarah Nile voted out of Big Brother

18 March, 2020

Only a few days ago our colleagues over at 06blog interviewed Sarah Nile (a great favourite with the Blog if you know what I mean) who has just been voted out of Italy’s Big Brother house. The 23 year old…

Francis Bacon's paintings on exhibition at Palazzo Reale in Milan

18 March, 2020

Francis Bacon is now regarded as one of the greatest painters of the 20th century; a true genius who succeeded in capturing the unrest and deep turmoil of his times. His paintings are like a magnificent and appalling journey into…

Robert de Niro speaks Italian: the video trailer of Manuale d'Amore 3

18 March, 2020

Robert de Niro’s first Italian film in more than 30 years after Novecento, sees the American actor from Italian origin go back to his roots and try speaking in Italian. The new Manuale d’Amore film is the third in the…

Art from Pompeii: restored frescoes at the Naples archaeological museum

18 March, 2020

After a few years of closure, the Collezione Affreschi and Collezione Farnese from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli will reopen from September. The affresco collection shows more than 400 restored frescoes from Pompeii, destroyed by the Vesuvius eruption of…

Actress Michelle Rodriguez goes on a shopping spree in Milan

18 March, 2020

Thanks to the planetary success of Avatar (a blockbuster directed by the incomparable James Cameron), Michelle Rodriguez has now become one of the world’s most popular actresses. Hounded by paparazzi wherever she goes (and she‘s around a lot), the American…

Italian supercars: new Ferrari 458 Italia video and pics

18 March, 2020

Italian motoring legends are being presented at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, and among them is the brand new Ferrari 458 Italia. The stunning new Ferrari supercar is powered by a 4.5-litre V8 engine at 570 hp. We know that…

ClipMusic, video clip competition and event

18 March, 2020

From August 4 to 9 the ClipMusic event will take place as part of the Ravello Festival. The best emerging video clip directors will be awarded with a prize for the video of the year.The 10 finalists for this prize…

Spring in Italy: exploring Castelli Romani

18 March, 2020

With the arrival of Spring and fine weather we can at last plan day-trips to the countryside and enjoy, after a long winter , the heart-stopping beauty of mother nature. For those of you who live in Rome or nearby…

Traditional Italian products: Bresaola from Valtellina

18 March, 2020

Bresaola from Valtellina is air-dried salted beef that needs to be aged for two or three months. Made from defatted meat, bresaola is now a PGI (protected geographical indication ) and thanks to its unique characteristics, it will keep you…

Italian recipes: Pizza with radicchio

18 March, 2020

To make pizza with radicchio you need the following ingredients:500 g flour; yeast; 1 teaspoon sugar or malt; salt; radicchio; smoked scamorza cheese; two tablespoon Parmesan cheese; extra virgin olive oil; salt and pepper.Preparation: sift the flour and make a…

Italian playmate for October Giulia Borio

18 March, 2020

Here are pics of Italian Playmate Giulia Borio who will be competing for the chance to pose completely nude as a Playboy Italia centrefold. The 23-year-old from Piedmont has boobs that defy gravity and a passion for pin-ups and tattoos…

Disco Italia – Essential Italo Disco Calssic 1977 – 1985

18 March, 2020

As many of you know Punk rock music developed in England in the mid-seventies and only in 1977 it spread around the world reaching America where John Travolta and his unforgettable Saturday Night Fever were all the rage. Back then…

Coronavirus: how to survive a quarantine

18 March, 2020

Coronavirus: how to survive a quarantine? Both you live alone or with your parents or in a shared flat, the isolation can be a difficult matter.

Italian sayings: being "al bacio" with Perugina and the San Remo festival

18 March, 2020

In Italy, the kiss, or bacio, is very important. One of Italy’s sayings talks about the kiss, meaning perfection.When a recipe has been perfectly prepared, you can say it’s “al bacio”. You did some great spaghetti and knocked the socks…

Ferrari 125 S, the impossible dream

18 March, 2020

Here’a gallery of the legendary Ferrari 125 s. Lots of men have lusted after this gorgeous car which was the first to bear the name Ferrari since the previous model was for legal reasons registered under a different brand name.…

Italian traditions: the barista and his espresso

18 March, 2020

In search of the perfect espresso can give you many varied experiences across the Italian peninsula, as Time correspondent Jeff Israely discovered. In his essay, Black Magic, he writes about the wonderful shared tradition, simple pass-time and community builder that…

Mountain bike Holidays in Alta Val Venosta and Passo Resia, Trentino

18 March, 2020

The snow is quickly melting and its time for you to store away your ski paraphernalia (for this year at least) and look for some new outdoor activity. So if you want to spend your holydays in close contact with…

Italian design: Itama Open Days in Porto Ercole

18 March, 2020

Organised by Itama and MoMa Italia (its exclusive distributor here in Italy), the Itama Open Days event opened at Molo De Angelis in Porto San Ercole a few days ago; its open yachts, famous throughout the world for their elegance,…

Italian love songs: Tiziano Ferro English lyrics of "Ti scattero' una foto"

18 March, 2020

This is a truly beautiful song, brought to us by Tiziano Ferro, from the original in Spanish called “Te tomare’ una foto”. The video clip shows the famous padlocks of love in Rome, and as usual the song is quite…

Winter holidays in Italy: Torchlight parade to break world record in Madonna di Campiglio

18 March, 2020

Here we go again with the world‘s longest torchlight parade which every year takes place in Madonna di Campiglio (this year on February 13th; yes the day before Valentine ‘s Day. A date you can’t afford to forget); more than…

Skiing in Italy: the Double Park for snowboarders in Brentonico

18 March, 2020

If you want to snowboard in Italy, the Italian ski resort of Brentonico Ski has a Double Park snowboard area dedicated to fans of the “table” (”la tavola” in Italian is sometimes used to mean snowboard).The Bretonico Ski area overlooks…

Gary McCoy Daytona 675 Replica

18 March, 2020

Triumph joins for the first year the World Supersport Championship together with the Scuderia SC Team. Garry McCoy is one of the the pilots from this team with a Superstock 600 Daytona 675 specially prepared for him. Today, to celebrate…

Travis Pastrana: "199 Lives" (he needs them all!)

18 March, 2020

You don’t need to watch the whole video to know why this is called “199 Lives” - a documentary of pure adrenalin dedicated to Travis Pastrana. The opening scene is of Pastrana sky diving pratically naked with the voice over:…

ME, a new electric scooter 'made in Italy'

18 March, 2020

Electric vehicles are now well established and widespread around the globe and many companies can now pursue their own projects and deliver innovative vehicles with zero emissions, high techology and able to catch the eye and sometimes harsh market. A…