All flesh is grass, yet today many of us live
our lives so far removed from agriculture that
this oft quoted statement has little real meaning.
David Bellamy in Botanic Man.
One morning, in December, I paid my usu...
The theological lectures organised for lay people by the Vincent Pallotti Institute will begin again on 14 Oct with an eight-week course on the subject "Dying and rising with Christ". The course will cover such topics a...
There are many opportunities for volunteer work around Rome. The Samaritans provide confidential, emotional support over the telephone and via email for the suicidal and the depressed. In Rome, volunteer training begins...
I have always thought that it is good for both men and women to groom themselves. Today, the average male or female devotes a precious 45 minutes each day in front of a mirror in search of a look. The man wants the magic...
The last stage of the American presidential elections has seen the often overlooked constituency overseas Americans turning out in higher numbers than ever before to register to vote. There has never been an official c...
One woman out of nine will develop a malignant growth in her breasts at some point in her life. Women from wealthier parts of society and industrialised countries, as well as those over the age of 50, are most at risk, a...
18 Oct-4 Nov 2004. Conducted by Gary Bertini, directed by Alfredo Arias, with Desire Rancatore, Beatrice Uria-Monzon, Sonia Ganassi, Giuseppe Sabbatini and Michele Pertusi.
Low cost airlines are offering new destinations for travellers to and from Rome and some of the regular airlines have introduced special low price tickets for the low season winter months.
Wizz, the Hungarian-based line...
18 Oct-4 Nov 2004. Conducted by Gary Bertini, directed by Alfredo Arias, with Desire Rancatore, Beatrice Uria-Monzon, Sonia Ganassi, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Michele Pertusi.
Thanks to a campaign in favour of breast feeding, 95 per cent of Rome's mums now say they will breast feed their babies when they leave hospital, an incease of 20 per cent since the campaign started about 18 months ago....
The presidents of three of Rome's largest immigrants communities, Albanian, Bangladeshi and north African, have started a hunger strike in protest against the length of time it takes to renew a permesso di soggiorno in R...
Rome is getting ready for the arrival of some 4 million starlings that migrate from north to south Europe with the arrival of winter. Many Romans will remember them from the magnificent patterns they make in the sky as t...
17 Oct 2004. In Red Giselle, choreography by Boris Eifman. Having worked for the Kirov and the Maly Ballets, Boris Eifman left to found his own company in 1977. He then proceeded to confound Soviet authorities by systema...
From 2 Oct 2004. While Popkomm 2004 focuses on the music world, special seminars, and new business contacts during day, the evening hours are reserved for the Popkomm 2004 music festival. A series of events will be happe...
Kompakt night with Reinhard Voight, Superpitcher. Kompakt is a record label comprising the best house and techno experiences of Cologne, the city where European electronic music originated. From the electronic pioneers o...
02 Oct-13 Nov 2004. In this magnificent and elegiac play Frank McGuinness explores the bonds that unite a disparate group of men as they prepare to fight and die in the trenches during the battle of the Somme in 1916. A...
Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia. Concert conducted by Myung Whun Chung with Giuseppe Filianoti tenor, Magdalena Kozena mezzosoprano, Eva Mei and Carmela Remigio sopranos, Vittorio Grigolo tenor. Mozarts Idomeneo re di...
The Italian Star of Art Whistling Elena Somarè, will perform in the unique Renaissance location of Cappella Orsini, songs of the Italian classical tradition, but also international...
British qualified and experienced teacher of English Language and Literature is available to teach intensive online courses during the months of July and August. Experience in teac...
Inspired by Fumiko Green's circular economy and intercultural dialogue, the sculptor DuminDa is now starting a new collection, using Obis and Kimonos, which she kindly sent from Ja...