Secret Islands Of The Caribbean
The indigenous Guna people in Panama have banned foreign land ownership. After a long struggle, they have carved out a homeland for themselves, where they jealously guard their prerogatives. The result…
June 1, 2022 - 7:58 am in Home @en, Literature @enIs Nothing Sacred? From the Furry Freaks to Dante’s Inferno
It does seem that the sacred is not given much play any more – and good luck to it. Too often notions of the sacred are easily exposed as simply ludicrous - at best - and actually actively sinister…
May 31, 2022 - 12:10 am in Home @en, Literature @enA Fresh Look at the Limerick: Author Ranjit Bolt Writes for DANTE
By Ranjit Bolt I have always loved the limerick as a genre. As a child, I loved composing them after being given a book of them for Christmas. It is a genre that is almost as British as the Haiku…
May 30, 2022 - 8:00 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, book, Business, Film @en, Food for thought @en, Home @en, Literature @en, massimo gava, Nonno Panda tales @en, Politics @en, riffi khan, TheatreThe Globe-localisation or Animal Farm of the 21st Century? A review of “The Zoo”
Humans love a good animal story. Across time and cultures we tend to anthropomorphise animals in order to better look at ourselves. But how if those stories were truly told from the animal point of…
May 3, 2022 - 2:26 pm in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Cover @en, Design @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Style @en“Black and White – a Matter of Principle”: the Artistic Concept of Qin Chong.
Have you ever wondered what effect the reduction of our national differences due the ceaseless pace of globalisation have had on our culture, art, philosophy and centuries-old traditions? Qin Chong,…
May 1, 2022 - 9:33 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Food for thought @en, Health @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @enArt is Good for Your Health
Dr. Flavio Lirussi unravels the links between cultural joys and longer life – and looks to the future. It has long been known that admiring art and beauty is not just a relief for…
April 27, 2022 - 9:00 am in Architecture @en, Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Columns @en, design, Design @en, Food for thought @en, Home @en, Literature @en, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Style @en, technology, Window of the soul @enART COMES IN ALL SHAPES AND FORMS.
Remembering a genius 570 years after his birth ( 15th of april 1452). Massimo Gava reflects on a most usual job application “In times of peace I believe I can give perfect satisfaction…
The Eternal Spring of Vivaldi
Now so ubiquitous as to border on cliché, the works of the Italian Baroque master Antonio Vivaldi were virtually unknown and went unheard for almost two centuries. Philip Rham explains why you should…
April 27, 2022 - 8:24 am in Art and Culture @en, Business, design, Design @en, Fashion @en, Health @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Nonno Panda tales @en, technology, Travel @en, Window of the soul @enGreen Revolution – How Cities Can Rise to the Challenge
Flavio Lirussi for DANTE explains how cities around the world are leading the charge against climate change in fascinating and innovative ways. The ‘100 Resilient Cities’ network defines urban…
Àlex de Fluvià. A Life Committed to Painting.
Remembering a Alex. Montse Frisach journalist and art critic for the Catalan newspaper “El Punt Avui“ in Barcelona reviews for Dantemag the work of Catalunia painter Alex de Fluvià and finds…
