- 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 @en
Art 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 - 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 @en
Green 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… - December 1, 2021 - 8:00 am in Art @en, Blog @en, book, Business @en, Events @en, Home @en, Nonno Panda tales @en, Window of the soul @en
Christmas – The Cosmic Feast
Luminous decorations add to the electric glow that conceals the stars above the city buildings. At the darkest time of year, the blazing streets light the way for crowds of shoppers. They are drawn… - October 27, 2021 - 12:18 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Window of the soul @en
Before Halloween, the Filò
The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century. It represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All Hallows Even, the night before All Hallows (or All Saints) Day. By Massimo Gava Photos:… Day of the Faithful Departed in Jujuy, Argentina
Mexico, has perhaps the most famous Day of the Dead celebrations. But similar syncretic traditions and remembrances can be found in other countries in Latin America, where pre-Columbian rites have…- November 3, 2020 - 12:46 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, Theatre
The 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 @en
THE 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… - September 17, 2019 - 8:17 pm in Art @en, book, Food for thought @en, Home @en, Literature @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Travel @en, Window of the soul @en
A la recherche du temps perdu…
Finding himself at a dead end after retiring from a high-flying career, DANTE contributor, Nigel Parsons is inspired by an old photo album and goes in search of long-lost friends. Andy Warhol talked… - June 15, 2019 - 8:20 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, book, Food for thought @en, Home @en, Literature @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Nonno Panda tales @en
The Knights and the Princesses. In the Grenfell Tower.
A tragedy can be turned into a fairytale. In this heartfelt story, author Chiara Lenisa tells us about a Knight and a Princess that turned, the Grenfell Tower inferno, probably the most serious fire… - June 3, 2019 - 10:03 am in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Business, design, Home @en, Uncategorized @en
Celebrating the Display of Chen Li’s work at The British Museum
The Woodblock Prints of Chen Li Chen Li hails from China’s frontier Yunnan Province. Bordering Burma, Laos, Shangri-la, and close to Tibet, it is a place of spectacular landscapes…