Italy

July 2008

Features:

• sense of place A typical traditional medieval procession in Arezzo adds a burst of colour to this charming city
• 4 the Siena Palio We examine the history and traditions of this world-famous spectacle with Grant Rooney
• 0 market to market to buy a fresh egg Christine Webb explores the sensory experiences of some of Italy’s oldest and most interesting markets
• 0 what’s on Our guide to the most interesting events in Italy in high summer
• insight and news Recent interesting news items and perspectives on Italian life
• 6 dual language – the art of aperitif In this month’s dual language feature, Dana Gornitzki slakes her thirst in some of Milan’s trendiest watering holes
• 6 from Leghorn to Livorno, getting lost in translation The Italian language holds many pitfalls for the unwary, as Martin Wilmot Bennett discovers
• 8 the prince and the paintings In celebration of The Prince of Wales’ 60th birthday, Melissa Ormiston dips into a special celebratory book
• 1 A taste of Piedmont In our SPECIAL REVIEW SECTION, John Vitaletakes a look at this beautiful and historically important region
• 4 Alexandra Wilson and Dan Rapaport: ...’music lovers Gillian Price meets a couple who love music and found love through music
• 0 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, irst jobs in Florence and running tours of Calabria
• 9 il calcio italiano Juventus is Italy’s most successful club. Rebecca Lloyd tells us why and loks at the club’s chequered history
• 2 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
• 4 project paradise This month, Ian Morley has to overcome problems of demarcatio