Paris, capitale de la mode ? En tout cas, elle en a la réputation. Peut-on dire que aujourd’hui que cette affirmation est toujours véridique ? Comment se positionne la ville de lumière sur le plan international ? Que signifient « la mode » et « le luxe » à la française dans le monde ? [...]

Paris, fashion capital? It is at any rate reputed for it. How is Paris perceived today on the international fashion scene? What do “French fashion” and “French luxury” mean today? An expert of fashion gives us her opinion on the current perception of fashion and luxury throughout the world.

Il recente terremoto in Giappone, con tutte le sue nefaste conseguenze, nucleari e non, ha colpito l’attenzione di tutto il pianeta. Dopo i primi momenti di sconforto, in molti non sono rimasti a guardare e si sono attivati per organizzare iniziative di supporto e solidarietà a favore delle popolazioni colpite. Tra queste iniziative, ci piace [...]

The recent earthquake in Japan, with all its tragic consequences, nuclear or not, has impressed the whole world. After the first moments of despair, many people started to take the initiative and arrange actions or projects in order to help Japanese population.

Last Thursday, Italy commemorated the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification. Though it was important to remember the goal achieved, we cannot hide the bittersweet flavor of the celebration, considering all the Italian young people forced to leave their country in order to find suitable study/work opportunities for their qualifications. We asked three expats to talk about their condition of being Italians abroad: here you are the answers we received.

Sono passati 150 anni dall’Unità d’Italia: la festa nazionale celebrata lo scorso 17 marzo ha voluto ricordare proprio questo importante traguardo. Che ha un sapore agrodolce, se si pensa ai molti giovani italiani costretti a cambiare paese per trovare opportunità di studio o lavoro adeguate alla loro preparazione. Abbiamo chiesto a tre expat di parlarci [...]

Questa settimana si torna a parlare della passione per i libri e la lettura. Abbiamo raggiunto per voi la blogger italiana Gloria M. Ghioni, fondatrice e amministratrice di Critica Letteraria: un blog, come scritto sulla home page, “frequentato da chi crede nel potere delle parole”. Come è nato Critica Letteraria e qual è il suo [...]

This week we address again the passion for books and reading. We interviewed the Italian blogger Gloria M. Ghioni, founder and admin of Critica Letteraria (Literary Criticism): a blog which is “followed by people who believe in the power of the words”, as it is written on its home page.

One of the most popular activities while traveling on a train is reading. I bet that everyone, at least once in a lifetime, has peeked into the pages of his/her fellow travelers. On Chicca Gagliardo’s blog there is a new column, started on January 19th by Gabriele Dadati, which exactly deals with this topic.

It’s so cool to be the first in the world to say “I speak English with my colleagues pero hablo español with my familia…”