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When theatre found its voice Before the first note reaches the audience, there is often a tiny sound in the theatre: a held breath. Then a voice begins, travels across the orchestra and the stage, and...
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A scene at the bar At the counter, one person puts down two coins, says only โa coffeeโ and drinks it in three sips. A little further along, a woman asks for a hot macchiato; a young man takes a cappu...
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Pytanie przy pรณลce Przy pรณลce z makaronem w supermarkecie pytanie wydaje siฤ niemal zbฤdne: skฤ d tyle ksztaลtรณw? Spaghetti, penne, rigatoni, farfalle, fusilli, paccheri, conchiglie, orecchiette, tagli...
Flour, water, distance A large semolina loaf with a dark crust, a thin, twisted Coppia Ferrarese, unsalted Tuscan bread, Sardinian carasau that snaps between the fingers, a light hollow michetta from ...
Words that endure An Italian word may appear on a restaurant menu in Melbourne, in a score read in Seoul, in the title of a French magazine or in the everyday vocabulary of Sรฃo Paulo. Sometimes we rec...
Mฤ ka, woda, odlegลoลฤ Wielki bochenek z semoliny o ciemnej skรณrce, cienka i skrฤcona Coppia Ferrarese, toskaลski chleb bez soli, sardyลski carasau ลamiฤ cy siฤ miฤdzy palcami, lekka i pusta w ลrodku me...
A question at the supermarket shelf In the pasta aisle of a supermarket, the question can seem almost unnecessary: why are there so many shapes? Spaghetti, penne, rigatoni, farfalle, fusilli, paccheri...
Sektor eksportowy o wartoลci blisko 644 miliardรณw euro Wลoski eksport jest jednym z mniej widocznych, lecz stabilniejszych filarรณw gospodarki narodowej. Publiczna debata skupia siฤ gลรณwnie na turystyc...
In little more than a decade, Italy moved from homes without basic services and insecure work to expanding factories, private cars, refrigerators and television sets. The change came to be called the ...
W niewiele ponad dekadฤ Wลochy przeszลy drogฤ od domรณw bez podstawowych udogodnieล i niepewnej pracy do rozbudowujฤ cych siฤ fabryk, prywatnych samochodรณw, lodรณwek i telewizorรณw. Tฤ zmianฤ nazwano โcud...
One question, many voices โWhat are you doing later?โ can sound almost neutral in an office in Turin, take on a different rhythm in Rome, or become a brisker remark in Naples. The words are the same a...
A ferry held in port When the sea is rough and a ferry remains in harbour, a holidaymaker changes plans. For someone who lives on an island, the consequences may be far more immediate: a specialist ap...
A climb, a question The road leaves the plain, bends around a ridge and begins to climb. Above it stands a compact cluster of houses, towers and walls, with a town gate, a bell tower and lanes that se...
Dwa rodzaje odlegลoลci Latem wystarczy nadmorska droga, port albo lotnisko, by Sardynia jawiลa siฤ jako jeden z najbardziej otwartych na ลwiat regionรณw Wลoch. Zatลoczone plaลผe, promy, miฤdzynarodowe p...
Italo Disco: the Italian sound of the 1980s that the world discovered later Abstract: Italo disco was neither a unified movement nor a genre immediately known by a single name. During the 1980s, Itali...
A view from aboveFrom above, Italy looks like a threshold between worlds. The Alpine arc joins it to continental Europe while also holding it apart; below it lies the Po Valley, then the land narrows ...
The road uphill Leaving Bologna for Florence, the world changes within a short distance. The plain falls away behind you, valleys tighten and the road searches for the least hostile line through the r...
