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Isolation Realisations
Scrabble, puzzles and chess, I have something to get off my chest, Cooking, baking, cocktail making, I wouldn’t give quarantine a very high rating. Walking, running, skipping, I have felt my morale dipping. Texting friends, colleagues or exes, I’ve discovered lots of niche flexes. Writing, watching and reading, With the inkling of a strong feeling…
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Massimo Bottura and a Bitesized Revolution
During this quarantine period I have learnt a very important lesson about myself: I live for food. My entire day revolves around it. What is there to eat? What shall I cook? Shall I try baking? Will everyone enjoy this meal? Does it even matter if I know I’ll like it? You know, the usual…
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A Family Affair
*To be read in heated family moments* I love my family dearly, Even if they claim to always hear me. Be it singing in the shower, Talking to my friends every hour, Still, I love my family dearly. I love my family greatly, Even if they sometimes ‘hate’ me. Living in such close proximities Can…
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Verona: More than a cliché?
When I made the decision to write during my year abroad, I made one simple promise to myself: Do not become a ‘What to do in X, Y, Z in 24 hours’ writer. I vowed to find most the interesting and unexplored sides of cities and divulge those instead. However, there are ordinary cities and…
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A Secret Venetian Obsession
The Italians are accredited with many obsessions, Venetians in particular. I, for once, am not referring to pizza, pasta, coffee or sex, but rather a smaller, four-legged friend, whose existence is prevalent in the floating city. Dogs. The animal traditionally associated with the streets of Venice is the cat. The alley cats who roam rooftops…
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An Ode to Pizza
An ode to pizza, my greasy friend, I never want the last bite to end. You always surprise me with something new, yet never once have I uttered: “I’ve bitten off more than I can chew!” The perfect combination of tomato and cheese, complemented so perfectly by a topping of zucchini. With chili oil or…
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Acqua Alta: The Rising Tide
November 2019 was certainly an eventful month for Venice. As a current resident in this sinking city, a lot of questions have been put to me recently; why is Venice flooding? What is Acqua Alta? Are you okay? And my personal favourite: Did you remember a wet suit? Acqua Alta itself is not an anomaly…
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Foreign Cinema: Unlikely comparisons
There is a certain degree of arrogance that comes with the ability to waltz into a cinema abroad, purchase a ticket and watch, better yet understand, a foreign film. Whether it be exploring the adaptations of Woody Allen in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, or revelling in the polyglottery of Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name;…
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The Law of Espresso
Italy produces over 13 thousand tonnes of spaghetti every year, churns out two million swimming pools of Nutella and drinks the most espressos in the world. Right? Well, for a country that finances itself through its stereotypes, it’s doing a pretty poor job of seeing them through. Contrary to popular belief, Italy is only the…
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“Peggy Guggenheim: L’ultima Dogaressa”
“It is always assumed that Venice is the ideal place for a honeymoon. This is a grave error. To live in Venice or even to visit it means that you fall in love with the city itself. There is nothing left over in your heart for anyone else” – Peggy Guggenheim, Out of This Century:…
Not Sophia Loren 