21 June 2023
Some of the stories told in this Blog are centenary, sometime even millennial. Some other ones, on the other hand, are young, current, perhaps our witness is…
24 May 2023
An odd man I knew an odd man. I wasn’t the only one to know him, to tell you the truth: everybody in town knew about him.…
18 May 2023
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is the non-governmental organization born in 1946 to encourage the cooperation between museums and their professionals right after the end of…
17 May 2023
Speaking about the FILA universe means to have one’s eyes constantly looking towards the future, with the ability to catch those figures able to embody its values…
13 May 2023
Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921 – 2009) was an American philanthropist, and a member of a family that made history (her elder brother, John Fitzgerald, was the 35th…
26 April 2023
‘…so I took a big decision: I had to be sure to not find myself half-drunk and listening to FR Radio Nostalgia, the best songs for people…
12 April 2023
Tuscan painter Jacopo Carucci, also known as Pontormo (1494 – 1557), wasn’t simply the most brilliant protagonist of Italian Mannerism, but also an eccentric, moody person, perfectly…
5 April 2023
The unexpected dialogue Is homework necessary? Why do I have to eat minestrone soup twice a week? Most importantly, why should I read at least one book…
29 March 2023
Jean Pierre Jeunet’s The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, 2001) begins introducing the childhood of the main character, Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou).…
10 March 2023
The Treccani encyclopedia adopts a concise, little evoking definition: ‘a short clip, commonly with a duration of less than 15 minutes, made of different genres (documentary, musical,…
