Number Seven
Saturday, 14 May 2016
Seven, a number that often appears in the observations of natural phenomena (of every time and place), including the maximum expression that is the relationship with the lunar cycle. The men moved in everyday life and in religion that number to which they attributed supernatural powers. It was replicated for both convenience and control of
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Ronald McDonald: why artists are lovin’ it
Saturday, 09 May 2015
There’s a new wave of artists taking inspiration from McDonald’s. There’s the sculptor who makes figures out of beef burgers (they don’t decompose), the artist who draws Ronald as he should look (fat) and more… read the full article by Mathilda Battersby on The Independent. www.fermoeditore.it
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The Italian website dedicated to independent bookstores for children
Monday, 27 April 2015
The Association of independent bookstores for children was born in Parma in 2006, when Silvia Barbagallo – in the wake of the French experience of Librairies Sorcières – rallied the booksellers of independent bookstores for children. The desire to put together the stories of individuals to exchange and spread the most beautiful children’s books has
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On the path of the beer, in Saxony
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
In Saxony, the German region of Dresden and Leipzig, the beer is not just a inevitable beverage but a real cultural thing, part of a people that produces and drinks it at least from a thousand years. In fact, according to the bishop Thietmar von Merseburg, on September 13, 1015 the castle of Meissen, attacked
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Fashion Revolution Day 2015: change is possible
Monday, 13 April 2015
On 24 April 2015, Fashion Revolution Day, people in 66 countries around the world will challenge global fashion brands to demonstrate commitment to transparency across the length of the value chain, from farmers to factory workers, brands to buyers and consumers. One in six people work in the global fashion supply chain. It is the
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About postmodern cuisine…
Monday, 13 April 2015
Never before we talked so much about food and about cooking. The modern bourgeois cuisine in almost two centuries has built and guarded the values of a civilization of the table who led the Western world, but abandoned by a middle class fell into ruin – with the lifestyles and the economy that distinguished –
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Caves, mills and old prisons
Wednesday, 01 April 2015
A treasure chest of wonders concentrated in a few handfuls of miles: this is Terra Berica, a territory that develops south of the city of Vicenza, an area that is less than 500 square kilometers and includes 24 municipalities located between the Berici Hills and the surrounding plain. A land of fascinating water mills, caves,
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Cats who love books
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
It is no secret: cats adore the paper, even the one printed. And they love to be the center of attention. Book‘s lovers know well how difficult it can be to deal with a cat and a book at the same time… and the site Bored Panda amuse us with an hilarious gallery of annoying
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The most beautiful library in the world
Sunday, 08 March 2015
As a sign at the entrance reads, the Libreria Acqua Alta Venice define itself as “the most beautiful library in the world”. On the internet you will find many photo galleries, but we do not ever get tired of discovering the corners of this very special place, where you happen to meet among the managers
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Found in an attic a lost tale of Sherlock Holmes
Friday, 20 February 2015
An historian has unearthed the first unseen Sherlock Holmes story in more than 80 years that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote to help save a town bridge. Walter Elliot, 80, found the 1,300-word tale starring the famous detective in a collection of short stories written for a local bazaar. The wooden bridge in the Scottish
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