Santas’ Secrets: caption competition
At first glance, two jolly old Santas climbing a wall above Sorrento's night market. Closer reading of the image poses some interesting questions: why are they wearing those tiny (and empty?) manbags - rather than the usual over-the-shoulder…
From Russia with Love
The domes of La Chiesa di Cristo Salvatore, Santa Caterina Martire e San Serafino di Sarov (Church of Christ the Savior, St. Catherine the Martyr and St. Serafin de Sarov) are its most beautiful and distinctive attributes. They featured…
01.11.10
Palondromic primes, like today's date, are said to be auspicious for new beginnings and also to represent the cyclic nature of existence .
Here, in the olive groves of Imperia, Liguria, the fruit is famous for its sweetness, and is handpicked…
My Kingdom for a Horse
For those of you who watch Heroes, Ventimiglia will be an Italo-American, all-flying, all-teleporting, multi-purpose dreamboat called Milo, who sports a razor-sharp jaw and flawless skin. For the rest of you, it's a one-horse town on the Franco-Italian…
Tardivo magnifico: worth the wait
Radicchio tardivo is a subspecies of chicory, and owes its striking colour to Francesco van den Borr, Belgian agronomist and inventor of the imbianchiamento technique, which uses scalding spring water to transform the colour of the leaves.…