Issue 64 - July 2008

sense of place

A typical traditional medieval procession in Arezzo adds a burst of colour to this charming city

The Siena Palio

We examine the history and traditions of this world-famous spectacle with Grant Rooney

Letters

What's on

Our guide to the most interesting events in Italy in high summer

Insight and news

Recent intersting news items and perspectives on Italian life

dual language - the art of aperitif

In this month’s dual language feature,Dana Gornitzki slakes her thirst in some of Florence’s trendiest watering holes

from Leghorn to Livorno, getting lost in translation

The Italian language holds many pitfalls for the unwary, as Martin Wilmot Bennett discovers

the prince and the paintings

In celebration of The Prince of Wales’ 60th birthday, Melissa Ormiston dips into a special celebratory book

book and cd reviews

A taste of Piedmont

In our special review section, John Vitale takes a look at this beautiful and historically important region

h4>Alexandra Wilson and Dan Rapaport: -’music lovers

Gillian Price meets a couple who love music and found love through music

Anna e Alex

Alessandra Sales and her business partner Anna Neri explain to Monica Moretti how they set up a company producing beautiful
bijoux jewellery in Rome

business

In our regular feature, Emma Bird looks at finding work in Italy, first jobs in Florence and running tours of Calabria

and finally...

Il calcio italiano

Juventus is Italy’s most successful club.Rebecca Lloyd tells us why and loks at the club’s chequered history

basketball in Ostuni

Steve Barney meets some of the members of the Ostuni basketball club who are devoted to the game

the language of wine

A knowledge of Italian wine vocabulary greatly increases our enjoyment.Marc Millon helps out with a useful glossary

say cheese!

Germaine Stafford visits an organic buffalo-milk farm and suggests some recipes to exploit the delicate and delicious mozzarella

tabletalk:

Luca Calvani Germaine Stafford questions well-known
Italians on their attitudes to food

project paradise

This month, Ian Morley has to overcome problems of demarcation