Riflessioni suscitate dall’omelia di Papa Francesco di oggi, 31 maggio 2020, festa di Pentecoste Il dono Nati da un dono solo donandoci possiamo crescere, uniti e partecipi, non coriandoli sparsi ma tessere incastrabili di un unico mosaico. Lontani dal narcisismo che rende indifferenti, dal vittimismo e le sue eterne lamentazioni, dal pessimismo che fa sprofondare… Read More Il dono
Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, (1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. He was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day and greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year and became the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe’s mysterious early death.… Read More Marlowe in Love
William Pitt the Younger (1759 – 1806) was British Prime Minister during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars and helped to define and strengthen the office of the prime minister. He suffered an affliction typical of many people born into wealth and power: he was named after his father, so he was known as “William… Read More Young William Pitt
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” (1) – William Pitt – Today, 28 May, is the anniversary of the birth of William Pitt the Younger, Britain’s youngest ever prime minister, who was born on 28 May 1759. The quotation… Read More William Pitt & Necessity
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, nata Pierrepont (1689-1762) fu una delle figure di spicco della società inglese e una reporter intelligente, nota per le sue lettere, soprattutto quelle scritte dalla Turchia, che possono essere considerate “il primo vero esempio di lavoro laico svolto da una donna sull’Oriente musulmano”. Suo marito era sir Edward Wortley Montagu parente… Read More La macchina del fango
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who was born on 26 May 1689 and died in 1762, was an English aristocrat and a brilliant and versatile writer, famous for her letters. Aside from her writing, Lady Mary was responsible for the introduction of the smallpox inoculation to Britain and Western Europe after her return from Turkey. 🔶… Read More Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
What do Bob Dylan and George Bernard Shaw have in common? They are the only two people to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize. In 2016, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”, becoming the first songwriter to… Read More Bob Dylan and George Bernard Shaw
Bob Dylan (born on 24 May 1941), one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 20th century, turns 79 today. As well as a singer, he is a painter, sculptor, the author of two book, and 2016 Nobel Prize winner When Robert Allen Zimmerman, from Hibbing, Minnesota, enrolled at the University of Minnesota, in 1959,… Read More Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan
Cari amici in un momento ancora problematico per molti di noi, ho avuto il piacere di ricevere una notizia positiva che vorrei condividere con voi: il mio racconto “L’addio ai monti” è stato selezionato per essere incluso nell’antologia RACCONTI LOMBARDI 2020 che verrà pubblicata da Historica Edizioni
Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Physician and writer, he created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 when he published “A Study in Scarlet”, the first of sixty mystery stories featuring the famous detective and his loyal assistant Dr. Watson. Here are three quotes from his novels, which I… Read More Data
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