Sicily Scene

..... to end a lesson and the week: Happy weekend, everyone!

Today is the United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons and it takes only a glance at the news from this planet which we ...

Yesterday in Siracusa I found myself near the Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime [Shrine of Our Lady of Tears] and took the opportunity...

Italians, look away now! I know anguria is usually kept for the end of a meal but why not try to be different for once? Here is ...

I like this: Malika Ayane - Senza fare sul serio

Many congratulations to 26-year-old Modican fencer Giorgio Avola , who, with teammates Andrea Baldini, Andrea Cassarà and fellow-Sicilian D...

Most Modicans have a house in the countryside or at the beach, to which they repair in hot weather, and my neighbour upstairs is no excepti...

This song from Tiziano Ferro is number 6 in the Italian singles chart this week and it has sort of grown on me.  It is a song that means a...

Happy Bastille Day to all who love that other country that has meant so much in my life, la belle France.   Last night I was thinking ...

The world's attention may now be centred on Greece but that other tragedy in the Mediterranean goes on and, as more and more migrant bo...

Italy's favourite rocker, Vasco Rossi , wowed them in Messina this week. Here's one of his gentler offerings: Vasco Rossi - Sto p...

Now I must admit I'm an ice cream rather than a granita girl - granite are flavoured sugar syrups which have been frozen - and I...

This was non-alcoholic and tasted as good as a Pimm's!  I just loved the melon, watermelon and jasmine flower garnish.

Summer is indeed upon us, so let's hear what Mr Lorenzo Jovanotti Cherubini has to say about it: Jovanotti - L'estate addosso ...

San Giovanni degli Eremiti, Palermo Many congratulations to the city and Province of Palermo, whose most important Arab and Norman bu...

Today is the 75th anniversary of the Arandora Star tragedy , one of the most shameful episodes in British wartime history and about which I...

This is my fantastic hairdresser Margherita Bramanti of Saloni Di Successo, Modica  and this is my summer chignon: And here I am a...

I've often said that gel al limone must be among the most refreshing desserts in the world and this is one of the most elegant present...

It's always nice to be appreciated so I was really touched to receive these lovely gifts from students last week: And look what...