October 24, 2019 - 8:30 pm in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Mens sana in corpore sano @en, Window of the soul @enBefore 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:…
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 @enA 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…
July 5, 2019 - 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…
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 @enThe 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 @enCelebrating 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…
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…
December 22, 2018 - 5:02 pm in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Events @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Nonno Panda tales @en, riffi khanOh Yes It Is! Oh No It’s Not! – The Great Muslim Panto?
Riffi Khan gets over her shock and rushes to see a new phenomenon and reports back for DANTE on a unique event. Yes, it took me a few seconds of shock to absorb such an entity existed. I quickly…
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…
San Remo Music Festival
This is the week that sees the start of the Sanremo Music Festival, the popular Italian song contest, held annually in the city of Sanremo,Italy,where previously unreleased songs battle it out…
October 14, 2016 - 12:47 pm in Art @en, Art and Culture @en, Cover @en, design, Featured @en, Film @en, Home @en, massimo gava, Window of the soul @enYasuke – The One and Only African Samurai
South African artist Nicola Roos, born in 1994, is already making waves on the international scene. She has international sales to her credit – and works with old tyres to make sculptures.…
