su la maschera
8 February 2023

MASKS UP!

‘To wear a mask’ isn’t simply a physical action: in everyday language it defines a of moral hiding practice. On the contrary, ‘to take one’s mask off’…
tra le pagine spuntò un orso
25 January 2023

AND THEN A BEAR APPEARED AMONG THE PAGES

The bear’s ears* To dog-ear, a book's pages are an outrage. A sin, I would say. Stay away from those who fold down the upper corners of…
11 January 2023

LABELS: WHEN TENNIS IS FEMALE

In 2017 Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, acclaimed directors of Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and Ruby Sparks (2012), present Battle of the Sexes, a movie inspired by…
28 December 2022

WHAT IF NEXT YEAR PASSED IN A WHILE?

In 1979, at the end of a decade that marked 20th century culture in a strong way, Bolognese singer Lucio Dalla sang L’anno che verrà. Thanks to…
21 December 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES: THE HISTORY OF DICTIONARY

Starting from 1964, a group of Italian archaeologists has discovered in Ebla, Syria, 15,000 clay bars covered with cuneiform symbols: they are still considered the most ancient…
racconto di natale
14 December 2022

A CHRISTMAS TALE: HOW NOT TO BE SCROOGE

«I wonder if you ever read A Christmas Carol by Dickens. I read two episodes, I cried out like a child, I made an incredible effort to…
Dove porta l'ombrello
7 December 2022

MARINA’S FLYING UMBRELLA

My name is Marina – to be precise, my parents gave me this name, because I was born close to the water. Three months ago our adventure…
16 November 2022

MARINA’S FLYING UMBRELLA

2.The peak is so high If someday I’m going to write a memoir, this is going to be its title: I survived a deluge of tennis balls.…
STOP MOTION
28 October 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES: INSIDE THE WORLD OF STOP MOTION

FILA clothes are magic. Not only because of their cultural background: in Eppur si muove (‘And Yet It Does Move’), the social event we launched on Facebook,…
DENIM
21 October 2022

LABELS: DENIM

Mary Quant defined them ‘the greatest invention of all times’, and we must really trust the inventor of the mini skirt. It’s hard to imagine our life…

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