The Carnival of VENICE
Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the show! It’s carnival time and you are in Venice, the best theatre on earth where anybody can play the part they’ve always dreamt of. by Massimo Gava…
January 18, 2019 - 12:02 pm in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Cover @en, design, Design @en, Fashion @en, Food for thought @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Window of the soul @enThe 11th commandment: DO NOT FORGET!
A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving - (Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher). Artist and photographer Mustafa Sabbagh chooses Italy as his perfect hideaway. Yet he wanders…
The seven capital sins in modern reality
The seven deadly sins given a modern make-over, M.H traces their origins and points to some fascinating modern parallels with some surprising conclusions. The poet Dante (1265-1321) stands between…
October 17, 2018 - 8:21 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Cover @en, design, Design @en, Fashion @en, Home @en, jewellery, Uncategorized @enLuxury or Opulence. Defining the Best
As the centrepiece of this issue’s theme of luxury and opulence, Massimo Gava talks about how the best Italian crafts can help define both. What do you think this is: “Luxury or opulence?” asked…
June 11, 2018 - 11:18 pm in Art and Culture @en, Cover @en, Featured @en, Film @en, Mark Beech, Music @en, Uncategorized @enSoundtracking Africa and the world: Film composer Didier Recloux
By Mark Beech Didier Recloux is a name you may not be familiar with yet, but he is worth watching. The composer for film and TV wrote the music for the 2017 ground-breaking series History of Africa…
RIP Legend: Looking Back on Tom Wolfe
By Mark Beech, DANTE editor My first encounter with the works of Tom Wolfe came from a most unusual source. Not one of his favoured American publications or indeed some of his more famous books, but…
ABBA: From Arrival to Revival – Cashtills Ring Out Again
A Reflection by Mark Beech Mamma Mia! Here we go again.. my my.. It could be all Money, Money, Money as ABBA returns. I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay…
March 27, 2018 - 9:40 pm in Art and Culture @en, Business, Business & Politics @en, Cover @en, Featured @en, Mark Beech, technology, Uncategorized @enThe Rise of Robots: How to Survive AI’s Doomsday Warning
High tech, lower wages, fewer jobs? Will AI mean a better life or will robots take over? So many questions. We know computers are becoming smarter. Could they become brighter than humans? What does…
March 16, 2018 - 8:00 pm in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Cover @en, Featured @en, Mark Beech, PhotographyThe Man Who Shot the World: Unseen Duffy Photos Define an Era
Mark Beech talks with Chris Duffy, both about rare photos, reproduced here and in a London exhibition, and other shots that are mega-famous. They all sum up the 1960s and beyond. Great photography…
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…
