Italy

Eternity Itself

Instagramming in Venice

Pizza Existential

“The next day I phone a friend who’s both Neapolitan and a psychoanalyst to see what she thinks. ‘The pizzaiola is right,’ she says. ‘A marinara is not a marinara if you add mozzarella. But,’ she adds, ‘she was wrong to say she would make you a margherita with garlic because margherita with…

Italian Croissant Scam A Sad Testament To That Country’s Decline

“A man from Battipaglia, near the southern Italian city of Salerno, was arrested after telling a barman he was a mafia chief in order to get free drinks and croissants…. He even backed up the story by leaving a bottle…

All Italians Have A Little Bit Of Berlusconi In Them

“Mr. Berlusconi embodies some of the best, and many of the worst, features of the Italian character. He has a few of our virtues and all of our vices in spades. He is intuitive, easygoing and often very funny. He knows his soccer, enjoys…

I’m Just Gonna Stop Asking If It’s Over For Berlusconi

This website is in its fifth year, and I cannot count how many times I have wondered aloud in its pages if Italian prostitute associate Silvio Berlusconi’s political career has reached its end. (I mean, I could count, but you have no…

Guy Whose Job Is Putting On Face Paint And Frightening Children Resents Being Compared To Scary Old Man

“The head of Germany’s most prominent circus has criticised Social Democratic candidate Peer Steinbrueck for comparing the clown profession to former…