by Penny | 27 May, 2014 | Australia, Films set in Italy, Italy and the American Imagination, News, Salonettes, Social History, WW2
I am very excited to be already planning for next April and May with a new project for Prof Ian Bickerton; Next year we will review our concepts of Italy at War as engendered by the media and films about how the media dealt with some of the Issues in Europe during...
by Penny | 11 Mar, 2014 | Films set in Italy, Italy and the American Imagination, Social History
Old England Stores – the place to go if you hanker to bring out the Branston! We are doing a watercolour painting class over this weekend – and I happen to know that one of the delegates loves cheddar cheese and that our tutor loves Marmite so I thought I...
by Penny | 10 Feb, 2014 | Films set in Italy, Garden tours, Italy and the American Imagination, The Medici, Tuscan gardens
Many Tuscan gardens in and around Florence are a mixture of Italian landscape and English formality. In the late 19th Century, after the Unification of Italy and Florence’s brief period as Capital of Italy, property prices in Tuscany plummeted and...
by Penny | 23 Jan, 2014 | Films set in Italy, Italy and the American Imagination, News, Opera, poets and poetry, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Salonettes, Social History
Over this weekend with the help of an excellent professor and a glorious mix of history, books and films , we reviewed all our perceptions and prejudices about Italy – a process that helped us to understands not just “What” we think about Italy , but...
by Penny | 27 Dec, 2013 | Books, Films, Films set in Italy, Florentine restaurants, Italy and the American Imagination, Opera, Painting, poets and poetry, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Social History, St Mark's English Church Florence, The Art of Writing, theatre, WW2
We are starting off the year 2014 sharing our private impressions of Italy, in Florence during May- with five Thursday evening workshops with Australian Professor Ian Bickerton – I am really looking forward to it! Can you recall your first impression of Italy...
by Penny | 19 Nov, 2013 | Australia, Books, Films, Films set in Italy, Italy and the American Imagination, Lead story, Opera, Photography, poets and poetry, St Mark's English Church Florence
I am delighted to announce another new project for 2014 – and this one comes with lectures and a lot of experience from another Australian friend based in Florence. Starting with a Get-Together meal on the night before the course we invite you to join Professor...
