Everyone’s life is affected by procrastination. This is because we are only human, and we tend to delay our responsibilities. These delays may have several meanings, but the important thing is you can...
Two wins for Ferrari, two wins for Red Bull. Two wins for Charles Leclerc, two wins for Max Verstappen. One 1-2 finish podium for Ferrari, one 1-2 finish podium for Red Bull. One unlucky race for Ferr...
Desserts Bergamo also offers many desserts, and the most famous are: Polenta and Osei It is one of the most representative sweet specialties of Bergamo. Its main ingredients are: sponge cake, chocolat...
Someone forged a will. A staple of detective fiction, but how can anyone tell? We use Forensic Document Analysis to question the difference between authentic and non-authentic documents. What is class...
After your pasta dishes… In Bergamo, a typical Sunday lunch consists of polenta with meat. Polenta is the most popular dish of the city, and its main ingredients are cornmeal, water and salt. Another ...
One of the most important representatives of the Surrealism movement, Rene Magritte, who fascinated him with his works reflecting his extraordinary intelligence, left special works in his 69-year life...
We are told that washing with soap and water is an essential part of hygiene practices, killing microbes. We have seen many videos in the past few years about the technique, how long and how thoroughl...
‘The Death of Socrates’ Painting With All Its Tragic Narrating Socrates’ Last Moment Before Drinking Hemlock Poison and Suicide We’ve all seen the famous painting, The D...
With the end of the dark years of the Middle Ages, the geniuses of the Renaissance took art and culture to places where they had never been before. The works of these geniuses, which are still discuss...
Bergamo is a town which lies 40km northeast of Milan and which hides many surprises. For those visiting the area for the first time the main focus would probably be on the beautiful Città Alta (or, in...
I walked through Glasgow City Center on a Monday morning, heading to class, when I spotted fragments of glass all over the pavement. Broken glass is nothing new in Glasgow after a weekend. Luckily, Fo...
Chinatown in Milan is an ethnic enclave which welcomes the oldest and largest Chinese community in Italy. It reaches via Paolo Sarpi, via Bramante, via Aleardi and via Niccolini. History and character...
By Lydia Alaiadi Formula 1 is back, and this year we are blessed with new cars, new drivers, new teammates, new rules and new circuits. The first Grand Prix of the 2022 season took place last weekend,...
The Medieval Period – Carolingian Art Welcome back to the Art 101 series, where we will be talking about Carolingian Art.. This week we will talk about the first of our three topics for the Medi...
Time for a relaxing trip! Now that all the countries are easing travel restrictions, we all have found ourselves thinking of where to go for our first trip after the pandemic. Or at least, while it is...
Simple awareness and some basic self-checks could allow you to identify body changes before cancer starts. These checks should start early in life, and they have saved a few of my friends in their ear...
There’s gore all over the room, the TV police officer comes in and apparently reads the whole murder from the blood splatters. Isn’t it all just a random mess all over the walls? Or is there really in...
Welcome to the second topic in our Art 101 series – Illuminated manuscripts. Today we will be taking a whistle-stop tour through the history of illuminated manuscripts across Europe from...
Notre-Dame de la Garde is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France. Its official name means “Our Lady of the Guard”, but locals know it as la Bonne Mère (“the Good Mother”) because they regard the bui...
When I was a child, I took a book out of the library which in the back included some guidance on meditation. I thought this was a fascinating subject, but no matter how hard I tried I just could not k...
One often wonders what a nurse, a psychotherapist, a social worker, a policeman and a volunteer have in common? Surely, what catches the eye is their busy life; in reality they are much more re...
Part 2 of the first instalment in the Art 101 series In this post we will look at the ancient art from three of the most advanced and celebrated ancient civilisations in Western Art history, sp...
The L aw of success was developped centuries ago, but still is used in our day era, isn’t awsome? Indeed, It Is . But why Is still used the same methods with no alteration or modification requi...
Civita is a suburb of the comune of Bagnoregio, in the Province of Viterbo. The area this town is in, is on the border between Tuscany and Lazio, la Tuscia. Civita di Bagnoregio is close to Lake Bolse...
In our history, there are some events that might occur both in extraordinary times just like during a war period or in a time period of peace; humanity cannot accept them rightful. The United Nations,...
If you use public transports, you will almost immediately see someone with some kind of personal listening device, usually connected to their phone, via cable or Bluetooth. We are listening to ever m...
Taking casts of footwear marks to be used as evidence The police find a footprint in the soil of the flowerbed beneath the window. In crime novels it turns out to be that of the gardener and not rela...
