23 January 2024
On July 4th, 1776, American Founding Father, statesman and Patriot John Hancock (1737 - 1793) put his signature to the United States Declaration of Independence. His signature…
19 January 2024
Emma Emma’s life was marked by books from the very beginning: her mother – who imagined an emancipated future for her daughter – decided to name her…
12 January 2024
In order to write about white in a rigorous way, we need to bring up a crucial scientific event from the XVII century, when Sir Isaac Newton…
27 December 2023
On the occasion of Back to the 90s, the 90s-inspired that we launched with MeBo – Menabrea Botalla Museum last June, we reviewed the best musical hits…
19 December 2023
In her worldwide hit All I Want For Christmas (Is You) , pop singer Mariah Carey immediately mentions him, starting from the third line. Santa Claus? Not…
13 December 2023
Tommaso Tommaso could not believe it: a vacation, finally! He had to work hard to get it: lots of homework, bad marks turned good in few weeks…not…
10 December 2023
Fun fact: Santa Claus, who actually inspired this article, hasn’t always been associated with red. His look – deriving first from St. Nicholas of Bari’s iconography, later…
8 November 2023
In a popular scene from Reservoir Dogs (1992), the cinematic debut of Quentin Tarantino, the members of a gang squad choose their nicknames relying on colors: one…
2 October 2023
Episode two In his hands, ice melts in the blink of an eye. Touched by a skin that has been carved by the wind, by rocks, by…
6 September 2023
Mens sana in corpore sano (‘a healthy mind in a healthy body’), as the Latin phrase said. Italian sailor and FILA sponsored athlete Giovanni Soldini couldn’t agree…
