November 10, 2020 - 9:46 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 12, 2020 - 6:57 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Food for thought @en, Home @en, interview, Literature @en, massimo gava, Nonno Panda tales @en, Politics @en, Travel @en, Window of the soul @enTHE LAST AFRICAN COLONY
The Spanish Empire was one of the first great colonial empires and one of the largest. Here Professor Alberto Maestre Fuentes talks about its former colony in Africa, The Spanish Sahara, which is…
June 14, 2019 - 7:56 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Business @en, Events @en, Home @en, interview, massimo gava, Nonno Panda tales @en, Politics @en, riffi khan, Uncategorized @en, Window of the soul @enThe Luxury of Education – From Kashmir to Cambodia
From her Kashmiri grandfather dying in the Great War to being brought up and educated in the UK, Riffi Khan repays her gratitude by urging others to realise their dreams through education, as she…
May 20, 2019 - 5:27 am in Business & Politics @en, Food for thought @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Nonno Panda tales @en, Politics @en, Window of the soul @enDiplomatic Protocol In An Undiplomatic Age
In the era of Trump, Cold War and undiplomatic language, the art of diplomacy is getting lost. As an antidote, we consider a new book by Rosalie Rivett. Professor Nabil Ayad writes a review for…
January 21, 2019 - 11:12 am in Film @en, Home @en, Literature @en, massimo gava, pano masti, Politics @en, Uncategorized @enIn Extremis. – A Life Lived
A new book takes us deep inside the remarkable life of intrepid war-correspondent Marie Colvin, who blazed trails for reporting the truth agianst the odds - and for independent fearless women. Susanne…
November 11, 2018 - 11:01 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Film @en, Home @en, Literature @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, pano masti, Politics @en, Travel @en, Uncategorized @enFemale Gaze East
Pano Masti’s latest literary pilgrimage takes him to Jordan. Never mind Oscar Wilde or T. E. Lawrence, the words that echo in his mind are from women: Marie Colvin, Martha Gellhorn, Gertrude Bell…
March 16, 2018 - 9:33 am in Business @en, Business & Politics @en, Home @en, Politics @en, Uncategorized @enWhy Issues Matter More Than Leaders
American political journalist Helen P. Horst considers the political landscape with leaders on the ropes and problems multiplying. You know that cartoon of people at a dinner-party table? It’s something…
March 9, 2018 - 9:11 am in Art and Culture @en, Cover @en, Divine Comedy @en, Home @en, Literature @en, massimo gava, Music @en, Politics @en, Window of the soul @enItalian Politicians should not forget the roots in their boot.
Together with the prince of Allegria, Roberto Benigni, we remind the Italian politicians about to form a new governement the true meaning of their national anthem. Massimo Gava writes. In the San…
March 2, 2018 - 7:55 am in Art and Culture @en, Business @en, Featured @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Politics @en, Travel @en, Uncategorized @enItaly. An annihilated country goes to polls.
On the 4th of March 2018, Italy, the third-largest continental European economy, goes to the polls. Italians are electing a new parliament, hoping for a majority government and a prime minister. Massimo…
Homage to Catalonia. This Is NOT a Woody Allen Movie
Spanish commentator Antonio Muñiz explains his country’s crisis – starting with basics, then analysing what comes next in a complex political puzzle. Close your eyes and imagine this slightly…
