Italian Memories

- Discovering Italy and Italian culture -

Hello, I'm Valentina Chirico

Welcome to "Italian Memories", a fun guide to my culture and my homeland.
Italy - traditional and intimate - written by an expat archaeologist and web editor in Birmingham, UK.

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29th, 30th, 31st January: I giorni della Merla. The coldest days of the year, the blackbird said…

January 29, 2020

Valentina Chirico

I'm a popsicle! Indeed, the last three days of January are called ‘i giorni della merla’, and should be the coldest of the year...

Where am I going to be with this blog?

January 27, 2020

Valentina Chirico

Keeping track with my Italian trips is a hard task, you never know where you're goign to be: a place or a memory? So, you'd better...

My two cents on todays' politic miscellany: about money, mafia, and golden seats, it’s quite ironical

January 11, 2020

Valentina Chirico

When I browse through fresh news from Italy, I’m 99% sure I’ll be disappointed. Invariably, 99% of the time politicians are taking the p...

Whom Italian literature lost in 2019

December 31, 2019

Valentina Chirico

Two beloved Italian authors left us this 2019: Andrea Camilleri and Luciano De Crescenzo. Why have they been so popular and what can you learn from their lives?

Italians and Christmas 2019: stingier and less traditionalist, market research says

December 26, 2019

Valentina Chirico

Natale is alwasy Natale but how much has Christmas 2019 changed in Italy? La Repubblica and I give some insights... Good news: pandoro is always on the table!

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