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ALEXANDRO MAGNO: MITO, ARTE E LEGENDA – Claudia Daniotti (in italiano)

Creator of one of the largest empires in ancient history and undefeated commander of one of the most ambitious military expeditions ever achieved, the figure of Alexander the Great has fascinated both the East and West for over 2000 years, from [...]

DAL FRIULI A CLAPHAM – UN VIAGGIO GASTRONOMICO – Marylisa Browne (in italiano)

Taking her Mother’s life as the basis for her talk, Marylisa Browne gave a fascinating discourse on the experiences of an immigrant to England in the years after Word War II.  Marylisa used video clips of her Mother speaking about [...]

LE DONNE IN ITALIA NELL’OTTOCENTO – Kate Mitchell (in italiano)

Kate Mitchell, from Cambridge University Language Centre, gave a most interesting peep into the world of women in 19th Century Italy. She spoke about the legal, cultural and social aspects of their lives.  Less than 20% were literate and married women [...]

LE VILLE E GIARDINI DI UMBRIA – Tina Geraldi (in italiano)

Tina Geraldi (LSE lecturer) gave her long awaited illustrated talk in Italian on the Villas and Gardens of Umbria.  Tina explained how, historically, the wealth and influence of the Church and the Aristocracy in the Middle Ages underpinned the development [...]

ITALIAN BAROQUE MUSIC AND COMPOSERS – Alan Bush (in English)

Alan Bush presented a most informative talk on Italian composers of the Baroque period. Alan concentrated on Monteverdi and Vivaldi and accompanied his lecture with some of their celebrated compositions. He completed the evening with an excerpt from Verdi’s La Boheme ‘Che gelida [...]

LE VILLE DEL VENETO – Claudia Daniotti (in italiano)

The Veneto region has been for centuries the favourite "summer resort" of the Most Serene Republic of Venice. Between the 16th and the 18th century, more than 4,000 villas were built for Venice's patricians, providing them with the perfect setting [...]

ITALIAN OPERA HITS – Katy Bingham (in English)

We were treated with a selection of favourite and tuneful operatic arias performed live. These were bepunctuated by nuggets of information to set the scene in the drama and to highlight other intriguing details: which Italian heroine won her suitor by [...]

THE ITALIANS IN CLERKENWELL – Aubrey Knowles (in English)

Aubrey Knowles of the Anglo-Italian Family History Society illustrating his talk with historical photographs and maps, Aubrey spoke about the immigrant Italian community that settled in Clerkenwell, East London, at the turn of the 19th Century. His great grandfather was [...]

I MIEI ANNI RACONTANO ROMA DAL 1972 AD OGGI – Barbara Corti (in italiano)

In her first ‘discorso’ to the Southend Anglo Italian Circle, Barbara Corti gave an enchanting account of life in the Eternal City. Barbara was born in Rome and had the unique privilege of being baptized in St Peter’s!  After attending the [...]

IL CIELO SOPRA DI NOI: L’ASTROLOGIA E L’ARTE ITALIANA – Claudia Daniotti (in italiano)

Art historian Claudia Daniotti gave a fascinating talk in Italian on the sun, moon, stars, planets and signs of the zodiac as depicted in numerous paintings, sculptures, works of art and buildings such as the Doges Palace in Venice and the [...]

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