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• Cranford: i Only Hope It is Not Improper ... So Many Pleasant Things Are!

  

  THIS POST DEDICATED TO MRS GASKELL 'S CRANFORD IS PART OF "THE PICNIC AT CRANFORD", EVENT HOSTED AT GASKELL'S BLOG.(N.B. At the bottom you'll find the details o... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• At the Cinema - the Three Musketeers

  

  "There are things in this world worth fighting and dying for. We're warriors ..." The Three Musketeers and their motto are part of our childhood memories :... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wonderful Wednesday - Gothic Reads

  

  I'm not an expert of contemporary Gothic fiction nor I can say I'm fond of this genre. I've already confessed I never could get to the end of Bram Stoker's... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Talking Jane Austen

  

  Emily C. A. Snyder has been inventing stories since she was old enough to babble, and writing them down since she was old enough to dictate. A prolific writer,... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Rome - Learning Not Teaching Today

  

  “Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ~ GandhiTired. More than tired. Exhausted. It's nearly 11 p.m., I got up at 5... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 BOOKS, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• Teaching English Or ... When Blogging Becomes Difficult

  

  It is one of those periods in which life becomes so demanding that blogging becomes... difficult if not impossible. I haven't had time to post anything on FLY... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2011 BOOKS, MOVIES

• Wonderful Wednesday - Favourite Authors

  

  Wonderful Wednesdays is a meme about spotlighting and recommending some of our most loved books, even if we haven't read them recently. Each week will have a... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Spooks 10 Journal - Day Five: One Step from the Edge of Doom

  

  No spoilers, believe me. Just ...What I liked:1. Peter Firth playing Harry's final hours. He's incredibly brilliant. What must have been like to shoot these... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 MOVIES

• Jane Austen, Prince Regent and Sanditon

  

  This series of documentaries was broadcast on BBC4 few months ago. "Elegance and Decadence: The Age of Regency" is a colourful series marking the 200th... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Vicariously Jane Interviews Yours Truly

  

  My friends and regular readers know almost everything about me and my virtual life, my interests and passions, my "one weakness" and great enthusiasm for him... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Spooks 10 Journal - Day Four: from the Roof to Trafalgar Square and Back to...

  

  All for one and one for all"Please, don't kill them all" is my first thought, watching this great still above.However, my first words must be, "I apologize".... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2011 MOVIES

• GUESTPOST & GIVEAWAY- LAUREL ANN NATTRESS AND JANE AUSTEN MADE ME DO IT: After...

  

  Today I'm incredibly happy and proud to host "Lady Austenprose", friendly and generous Laurel Ann Nattress on her blog tour for the launch of " Jane Austen... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Wonderful Wednesday - Historical Fiction

  

  Wonderful Wednesdays is a meme about spotlighting and recommending some of our most loved books, even if we haven't read them recently. Each week will have a... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2011 BOOKS

• At the Cinema - Jane Eyre

  

  If there is a heroine I deeply sympathized with in my teenage, she was Jane Eyre. She substituted Jo March, who had been my model heroine when I was a child. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Ra-ndom Thoughts - Richard's First Italian Magazine Cover

  

  Yesterday, my day off. In and out from home, franticly coping with the housework to catch up with and several errands to do. As usual, I'm terribly busy on my... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 CULTURE

• My Spooks 10 Journal - Day Three: Tender is ... Dimitri.

  

  Max Brown as DimitriMy task is not an easy one indeed! Saying and not saying to avoid spoiling the pleasure of discovering the details by yourself. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• What I've Been Watching - Single Father (2010)

  

  Single Father is an emotionally powerful yet funny four-part drama, about a man struggling to raise his four children after the death of his wife. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 MOVIES

• My Spooks 10 Journal - Day Two

  

  Another tough episode. Inexorable rhythm from beginning to end in episode 2 of series 10. The last season... The more I watch it, the more I feel sad that it... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 MOVIES

• Ra Comic Cards - Harry Had a Dream ...

  

  It's been some time since I posted my last RA comic cards (HERE). Did you think I've been neglecting Richard? I haven't, in fact. Maybe you haven't had any... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• THE WHITE QUEEN BY PHILIPPA GREGORY - "We Have Killed Certainty in These Cousins...

  

  Elizabeth Woodville, a young Lancastrian widow, armed only with her beauty and her steely determination, seduces and marries the charismatic warrior king, Edwar... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES