A Welshie in Italy

• Nerys's Guide to Italian Music - Giorgia 2 days ago Giorgia Todrani was born in Rome on the 26th of April 1971. She's one of the most popular artists of recent years, selling over 6 million albums since her self-titled debut in 1994. She's released 23 singles, five of which have reached Number One.Giorgia's career started in 1993 when she took part...
• Sunday Classic 3 days ago Today in 1963 Adriano Celentano was at Number One with Il tangaccio.
• Eurovision 2013 3 days ago Italians don't quite get my love for Eurovision. For them it's all about Sanremo, which is a completely different beast. They grew up on Sanremo, and I grew up on Eurovision. But on Italy's third year back in the competition it seems that the country is starting to understand the concept of the...
• Word of The Week 4 days ago Gli occhiali
• My least favourite Italian words 1 week ago Some time ago I wrote about my favourite Italian words. So for fairness, here are the words that I don't like quite as much.Piacere - to likeDon't even get me started on this, this verb is a nightmare. Ok, liking something as in the sense of how I like gelato's fairly straightforward, 'mi piace'....

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