White Views – An Exhibition curated by Maria Alicata
White Views A group show curated by Maria Alicata Works by Gianfranco Baruchello, Marco Delogu, Bice Lazzari and Matteo Montani White is a non-colour, but also the totality of all possible colours. White is never completely pure. It can manifest itself within a great variety of pigments that offer a rich range of shades one […]
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The Massacre – Piazza Fontana 12.12.1969 – Fifty Years On
ISLG Italian Studies Library Group 2019 Annual Lecture By Professor John Foot, University of Bristol On 12th December 1969, a bomb exploded in the Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura headquarters building in Piazza Fontana, central Milan. It was a massacre. Sixteen people eventually lost their lives and more than ninety were injured. At around the same time, […]
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La piú bella del mondo – The Most Beautiful in the World #9
10 talks on the Italian language “The most beautiful in the world” is supposed to be a supermodel and yet in Italy the expression is more often than not used to define Italian language. Is Italian truly the most beautiful language in the world? It is commonplace, due to either italophilia or nationalism, but is […]
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14th Italian-British Constitutional Conversation:‘The Rise of Populism in Europe’
The Italian Cultural Institute, the Devolution Club and the UK Constitutional Law Association invite you to the 14th Italian-British Constitutional Conversation:‘The Rise of Populism in Europe’ Monday, 3rd June 2019, 4:30pmItalian Cultural Institute39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX Foreword: Alessandro Torre, Devolution ClubChair: Sebastian Payne, UK Constitutional Law AssociationSpeakers: Alison Young, University of Cambridge; Carlo […]
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Europe and Brexit: Marco Varvello and Donald Sassoon in conversation. Moderated by Deborah Bonetti
RAI Journalist Marco Varvello and academic Donald Sassoon present their respective books: Brexit Blues, by Marco Varvello, published by Mondadori, is a collection of short stories about Great Britain at the time of Brexit, but also Europe and Italy at the time of the “Third Republic”: a former Minister who organises terror attacks, a fight […]
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Attacchi, a play by Gianluca Greco and Silvio Impegnoso
Attacchi A play by Gianluca Greco and Silvio Impegnoso. Illustrations by Fabio Ierardi Please note: event in Italian [BOOK NOW] A monologue composed of incipits from novels, put together to create the story of a single life. From classical masterpieces to more overlooked narrations, spanning different centuries and countries. The play moves across the beginning […]
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Creativity Blooms
In the middle of spring, on the 24th of May, Il Circolo is glad to invite you and your friends at the Italian Cultural Institute London for the Creativity Blooms event. Participating companies are carefully selected by Il Circolo representing Italian style, taste and beauty, fundamental elements of our cultural and aesthetic identity. Donations to […]
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Mappillai. An Italian son-in-law in India
MAPPILLAI tells the story of European journalist Carlo Pizzati, who moves to Tamil Nadu in India for love. With wry humour, wisdom and acceptance, this memoir offers an intimate capsule of contemporary Indian history, of the associated Hinduisation and Westernisation of India, intertwined with the Indianisation of a European. After a four-day wedding celebration where […]
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La più bella del mondo – The most beautiful in the world #8
10 talks on the Italian language “The most beautiful in the world” is supposed to be a supermodel and yet in Italy the expression is more often than not used to define Italian language. Is Italian truly the most beautiful language in the world? It is commonplace, due to either italophilia or nationalism, but is […]
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Wine Tasting
The Italian Cultural Institute and the Community of Sant’Egidio are delighted to host a wine tasting, open to all, organised by Wine for Life. You will be able to taste some delicious Italian wines, by some of our best known producers. [BOOK HERE] Free admission, donations are welcomed in aid of Humanitarian Corridors Project of […]
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