Developing the detective story – 3
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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) This is how my interest was sparked. By now it wouldn’t matter if the real story turned out to be a hoax or a concise London-like stylistic feature, the question that came to mind was “what are harmless goldfish doing in one of the most violent and harsh thriller mysteries of the 20th century?”
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Wow, a tribute to cartoon cats
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
After “88 cani di carta” (88 paper dogs), the exhibit entirely dedicated to dogs, the Wow – Museo del Fumetto di Milano (Comics Museum of Milan) will host, up until March 4th, “Gattoni animati – 44 gatti a cartoni animati in mostra” (44 cartoon cats on exhibit): the idea stems, obviously, from the famous song
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Collecchio, fascinating astronomy in three meeting
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Friday’s of astronomy: this is the title of three conferences addressed to all dedicated to astronomy, organized with Ottica Deneb and with the support of Fermoeditore. The event begins on Friday, March 16th at 9 p.m. with 30 years of the Space Shuttle: a tribute to the glorious career of the American shuttle that marked
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Life during the times of Genesis (of Peter Gabriel, of course) – chap. 9
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Suite in four parts Fourth part: Ecology Alan Ford’s worlds apart, for intellectualism searched at all costs, while it is il Battiato’s 1972 album Pollution, as well as the name of the happening group and concert. Pollution also talks about ecology. And even if in 1972, that word was not very familiar to people. Indeed,
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The strange world of Mr. Nobody
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
I was in the bookshop, and rather lazily I was looking at a shelf of photo books. I didn’t find anything that was particularly interesting. All of a sudden, I saw it. It was there, small and black, rather anonymous. It definitely intrigued me. I took it, opened it and started to browse it. This
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All cats are Simon’s cat
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
A star in the animated version of the web, Simon’s Cat is also tremendous on paper: his three books are distributed in 25 countries and the author, Simon Tofield, publishes his daily coloured strips in the Daily Mirror. And there are already some people imitating the famous feline. A shy cat with green and frisk
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Strange “fellows” traveller
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Would you like to spend a holiday in an exciting hotel? Here are some “out of the box” ideas for those who want “something new” or something to dream about. For example, in China, at Waterworld, to be built within an abandoned quarry in the Songjang region. In India, in Kerala, there is the Green
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Photograph the silence and polar lights – 2
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
The encounter with silence is not just something that everyone can endure, because it can easily put someone face to face with him/herself and with his/her inner depths so deep as to be disturbing or incomprehensible. Only great artists are able to describe in one way or another these silences and only great masters of
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Discovering Siracusa during winter
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Alive and kicking during the springtime and the autumn, Siracusa is also a great place to visit in winter, for many good reasons. First, the vegetation: especially for those arriving from the North, the winter never ceases to amaze for the lush ficus, citrus and papyrus trees. Second, the tranquillity: a few closed restaurants and
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