Here’s a clue: if there are things that you, as a rational citizen, would never choose to do, it’s almost certain that government should stay clear of them too. But governments rarely act rationally, and [more…]
In May 1944 the Japanese Ambassador to Berlin was Mr Oshima. He had a face to face meeting with Adolf on May 28 1944 and sent the results to Tokyo encoded using Purple which had [more…]
As we all know, the Axis was an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan to come to the assistance of each other in case of attack. What is often forgotten is that three other countries [more…]
Bellagio is a town on the shore of Lake Como in Italy. It is also, as one of the more percipient of our commenters once pointed out, the most Anglicised town on the lake. Nevertheless, [more…]
Steve Bannon is reportedly [Inside Bannon’s Plan to Hijack Europe for the Far-Right] shovelling money in the direction of various nationalist European parties and causes, so it may be a good time to assess where [more…]
May 2017 Taormina was the venue for the G7 attended by the various world leaders and as I watched I remembered my holiday there. It was 1980 and we booked a fortnight knowing nothing of [more…]
The 2018 Italian general election is due to be held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017.[1] Voters will elect the 630 members of [more…]
Four years ago I found myself rebuilding a house in Provence. We had attempted to use architects but not been able to find one willing to follow our instructions and so I had to do [more…]
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