Italoeuropeo – Page 18 – L'ItaloEuropeo – Independent Magazine in London

MINI SKIRT AS THE NEW TREND

Today short dresses and mini-skirts are fashionable and a thousand of girls all over the world usually wears them… But how were they born?
Thanks to Mary Quant, born in 1934. She was a British fashion designer who invented in 1964 the mini-skirt because she wanted to realise a new modern rebel society of young girls who could be the future of an old London.

Mini-skirts had a great success so they replaced long dresses, which were uncomfortable and often with sad colours, whereas mini-skirts were very colourful and easy to wear.

Of course, that new fashion and that desire of change were the result of a society in progress and this is even confirmed by the born of the first telephone, television, taxi.

Still now this is a trend in continue evolution, since the ’60s, and it will continue to change. It won’t stop soon until girls won’t be tired of that. In a few words we can say that this trend will have long life because women (and men!) love mini-skirts, that is even a sign of femininity and emancipation.

CAMERON’S Sex, drugs and pigs

The Prime Minister David Cameron seems to be involved inba scandalous matter. His past wasn’t so undefiled and his future will probably be the same…

An unofficial biography written by the conservative Donor Lord Ashcroft, shows us something incredible: when Cameron arrived to Oxford he took part in a sordid initiation ceremony after being admitted in the university. They used to organise cocktail parties, smoke cannabis, etc… but the most surprising event is about some sexual activities with a pig: “He put a private part of his anatomy in a dead pig’s mouth!” There are probably some photographs about this too. And while somebody says he was forced to do that, others say he was just enjoying his university staying.

But the question is: what will people think about it? Will this cause some problems and ruin his politic career? We went to Westminster zone and made a survey. We interviewed about 100 people, some of them were conservatives, police officers: lots of them don’t care about it and think this isn’t important to know because everyone has a secret past.

Other people didn’t know anything about that scandal. People have different opinions about that: for example, somebody said this was just Lord Ashcroft’s revenge, others said there are no proofs and that he isn’t “so stupid” to do something like that.

But the majority of people said this is completely true, somebody want to believe this is true maybe because they can’t stand him, others simply believe in it because this could be a ritual in Oxford University. So London city is divided. But there’s one certain thing: true or not, for most people it doesn’t matter.

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR AND THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR: THE ENGLISH MIDDLE AGE

London – A man who characterized the Middle Age in England, William the Conqueror, arrived from Normandy and defeated the English king, Harold Godwinson, and stopped the Norwegian invasion leaded by King Harald “the Hardrada” and became the King of England and maintained his old title of Duke of Normandy.

William the Conqueror, also called William the Bastard because he was an illegitimate son, did something that everyone else failed to do, in fact both Hitler and Napoleon didn’t manage to conquer England, and he firstly had the only stone building in London built, the Tower of London, that survived to the Great Fire in 1666.

One of the most famous fight in English history is the Battle of Hastings, where William’s army definitely defeated the English one and started a massive occupation of southern territories like Canterbury, Dover and Romney.

Once held the title of king, there were a lot of revolts because the people didn’t wanted a foreign king but he, bravely, stopped every revolt and created something really innovative, the Domesday Book, in which he established some taxes for the military order and created a better relationship between the capital city and the suburbs of the reign. He also refused to be a papal vassal and removed any ecclesiastic power in the country.

Another great event in the English Middle Age was the 100 Years War, that seemed to be won by the English but was twisted thanks to a young French girl, Joan of Arc, who got a little army from the king and reconquered France from the south to Orleans. At the end France won the war and regained all English holdings in their territory except Calais, that was reconquered later.

Rugby World Cup and Italian Team

Every four years the World Rugby organizes the Rugby World Cup where 20 national teams are divided in 4 pools.
The 18th September was the opening match night of the 8th England Rugby World Cup.

Lucky night for the English team, beating 35-11 the Fijian one at the Twickenham Stadium in London. Despite several errors made, the home team managed to take advantage of the mistakes of the other team, awarding a penalty kick only after 13 minutes.
Millennium Stadium saw another match of the 1st pool, between Wales and Uruguay, where the former wrecked the latter with a score of 54-9.
As for the pool B, although the South African team was one of the bookies’ favourites, the Japanese earned a late victory against it as well as the Samoan team which won against USA, regardless the match was full of fouls and mistakes. The team from the States was already known for being quite undisciplined, gave two penalties to the opposing team.
In the Pool C, Georgia vs Tonga finished 17-10. The Tongan players didn’t make many tackles to the opposing team. The victory by the All Blacks over the Argentinian team finished with a score of 26-16.
The Italian team, in the pool D with France, Ireland, Romania and Canada, lost its debut match against France for 32-10 in a match full of penalties.

The Italian team gave 11 penalties in the first half of the game, whereas France gave a better performance thanks to Michalak and Spedding’s performances. A great victory for Ireland scoring a 50-7 crashing the Canadian team at the Millennium in Cardiff.
Despite the outstanding results so far, no one can know who will be the winner as the road to the Finals of the 31st October is still very long.

Chief Customer Officer showcases importance of hospitality and service at global travel conference.

Chief Customer Officer showcases importance of hospitality and service at global travel conference. Rome, 22 September 2015 – Alitalia Chief Customer Officer, Aubrey Tiedt, has given travel industry professionals at the Future Travel Experience conference in the United States an insight into how the Italian carrier intends to transform its guest experience.

During her presentation at the event in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ms Tiedt explained to delegates how the new Alitalia onboard experience is being redefined and how the airline’s cabin crew are being empowered to realise this vision. Ms Tiedt spoke about Alitalia’s guest-centric vision where hospitality is the winner. She also explained about Alitalia’s clear strategy and direction to introduce real and lasting change.

Ms Tiedt said that the key differentiator for Alitalia is the passion of the airline’s workforce. Aubrey Tiedt said: “The transformation taking place at Alitalia is unprecedented with a complete restructuring of the business which is aimed at making us one of the world’s leading airlines.

At the heart of this change are our employees. “The goals of the new Alitalia are achievable because we are giving our people, especially cabin crew and ground service agents, the tools they need to shine and the response so from our guests is extremely positive.” Ms Tiedt told delegates in Las Vegas that cabin crew in the new Alitalia are the “style and image “of the airline’s brand and that everyone will be trained to think of themselves as a marketing expert and talented innovator, to be business oriented and hospitality focused.

Alitalia has introduced specialised hospitality-focused training programs as part of its drive to empower cabin crew and the airline continues to work closely with its strategic partner Etihad Airways. This training includes customer excellence workshops, leadership workshops, and business awareness workshops. By end of year 3,600 cabin crew will have completed customer excellence training and 160 senior cabin managers have already completed their leadership training.

The Alitalia brand continues to evolve and the airline launched a new livery earlier this year as well as elegant new inflight product, which includes Poltrona Frau leather seats in Business and First Class. Alitalia will also launch a new range of cabin crew uniforms.

The new interiors, décor, and furnishings incorporate modern Italian design and embody innovation and sophisticated service. There is also a new ‘Dine, Relax, Retire’ concept that gives premium guests greater choice and control about how they spend their time during the flight.

Premium economy on Alitalia flights has also been significantly upgraded with an enhanced menu and service delivery that includes the introduction of limoncello as a ‘signature moment’ as well as espresso coffee and herbal teas.

There are also new meal choices and contemporary tray presentation, fine wines and warm bakery items in the Economy cabin as well as a caffè service on long haul flights, including freshly brewed Lavazza coffee.

Alitalia – Società Aerea Italiana (alitalia.com) is Italy’s largest airline and commenced operations on January 1, 2015 after acquiring the operational activities of Alitalia – Compagnia Aerea Italiana, now named CAI. CAI has a 51% controlling stake in Alitalia and the remaining 49% of shares are owned by Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. As part of its 2015 summer schedule, Alitalia flies to 102 destinations, including 27 Italian and 75 international destinations, with a total of 164 routes and about 4,500 weekly flights. Alitalia boasts one of the most modern and efficient fleets in the world with an average age of eight years. It is a member of the SkyTeam alliance and is part of the Transatlantic Joint Venture alongside Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines. Alitalia also collaborates with the other Etihad Airways Partners – airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Etihad Airways, Etihad Regional operated by Darwin Airline, Jet Airways and NIKI – in order to offer customers more choice through improved networks and schedules and enhanced frequent flyer benefits. Alitalia and Etihad Airways have been named Official Global Airline Carriers of Expo Milano 2015.

Londra – GIOVANNI FALCONE – Maria Falcone in conversation with John Dickie

Londra – GIOVANNI FALCONE – A LIFE AGAINST MAFIA

Maria Falcone in conversation with John Dickie introduced by Emilia Ippolito and Loredana Introini following the screening of “Per Falcone”

He who is silent and bows his head dies every time he bends over. He who speaks aloud and walks with his head held up high dies only once. These words by Giovanni Falcone well reflect the personality of the world renowned Sicilian prosecuting magistrate who, thanks to his revolutionary and ground-breaking investigative methods, obtained a record number of convictions as a result of the 1980s Maxi Trials – convictions upheld by the Supreme Court. Giovanni Falcone, credited with being the first to understand that mafia was not a collection of separate gangs but a single, powerful organisation, was killed, together with his wife, prosecutor Francesca Morvillo and three bodyguards, with a half-ton bomb placed under the motorway from Palermo’s airport (later renamed Falcone and Borsellino Airport) into town, on 23^rd May 1992. The explosion was so powerful that it was picked up by local earthquake monitors. Less than a month later, on 19th July, his close friend, highly esteemed colleague Paolo Borsellino, also on the front line in the fight against mafia, was killed by a car bomb, with five bodyguards. The two attacks triggered an unprecedented reaction by the people of Sicily, and led to a major crackdown on mafia that brought to the arrest of boss Toto’ Riina.

Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino were both awarded the Medaglia d’oro al valore civile and were named as Heroes of the Last 60 Years by Time Magazine.

Maria Falcone, sister of the late judge, is the President of the Giovanni and Francesca Falcone Foundation, which promotes both the anti mafia culture in the society and in particular among young people, and professional specialisation in the investigative and judicial apparatuses preventing and fighting organised crime. A special attention is reserved to education, resulting in many social and cultural initiatives, including school visits by Maria Falcone, high profile events on the anniversaries of the massacres, scholarships including the Fulbright Program to Italy for US Students, the European projectWaves of Legality, Waves of Citizenship.

John Dickie, historian and journalist, is Professor of Italian Studies at the University College of London. He is an internationally recognized specialist on many aspects of Italian history and his books have been translated in many languages. Among his books, Cosa Nostra – a History of the Sicilian Mafia, Mafia Brotherhoods, Mafia Republic, Delizia! The Epic History of Italians and Their Food.

What do the British think of Italian? 90% appreciate but……

Italy seenthrough England’s eyes

London (Public Survay) – During the ages Italians have been often defined as a population made of saints, poets and sailors.
Since the dawn of time Italian cities have been “regardedas”\considered important cultural capitals and just for this cause a great number of writers, both before and now, has expressed some opinions about Italians and their culture.
However, how are Italians seen today?
Well, in order to answer to this question one need to consider. first of all, the globalisation trial which has regarded a lot of Occidental countries. This trial has had two results: it allowed many nations to achieve an aim, namely the economic and politic improvement, but on the other hand it has allowed the difficulties of other nations to come to light, such as Italy, ?
In order to understand what English people, and particularly the Londoners, believe about Italians, some students of an Italian group, attending a training for the Italoeuropeo magazine, have made a survey report consisting of two important questions: what do Londoners think about Italians’ behaviour and what do they know about the famous Expo in Milan.
Students ask about the Expo in Milan because England itself has got an area within the Expo, and also for reasons related to the above-mentioned globalisation, as the Expo in Milan will certainly help Italy to reach the well-being that many countries have already achieved
The sample of the survey is composed of 2000 people interviewed in several areas of London. In this case is important to consider that two different features which could influence opinions both in economic and politic among a sample in a city as big as London: the cultural background and the age of each person.

To avoid these limits of the survey , the Italoeuropeo has tried to be quite thorough, choosing to interview people of any age and covering broad areas of the city. In fact in addition to very important areas in economic field, like Bank or Canary Wharf, students went also in commercial district, such as Piccadilly, Oxford Circus, Embankment and South Kensington, in the young areas of Shoreditch, Greenwich and East London.
In the following paragraph there will be shown results of the survey. Results could be described as very homogeneous: 90 % of the people interviewed declared that they appreciate Italians’ attitude, while the remaining 10 % has claimed to even hate some aspects of the Italian reality specially for reasons connected to the incompetence of Italian politicians. Otherwise, for what concern the question about the Expo, results seem to be almost opposite. 80,2 % of people interviewed don’t know the Expo or hasn’t never been there, whereas only the remaining 19,8 % has heard of it or would like to go to Milan within the Expo’s conclusion (the 31st of October 31 of this year).

Among different people who have been interviewed, even a lot of them wanted to deepen their own beliefs about the topics of our report . These last regard principally the great quality of the “made in Italy”, that is represented by food, by the automotive industry and finally by the design in general.
However there are also several stereotypes concerning some aspects of Italian society or history because both of them caused laughs from other European populations towards Italy, even before the Italian unification when the so-called “Mafie” were born. Mafia is related to a the stereotypes of a selfish Italian who want to improve only his own life and not the entire society and this mentality originated because of the abuse derivated from foreign invasions. The highlight of discrimination towards Italians was reached during 1977 by the German magazine “Der Spiegel”, which published on the front page a ridiculous picture representing a pistol that was situated above a spaghetti dish, in reference to the contrast between the most ancient Italian traditions and the terrorism burning during the so-called “years of lead”.

This subject was underlined even by John Hooper, a journalist for “the Economist”, during the presentation of his book “THE ITALIANS” at the Italian cultural institute of London, the fourth of September . In the course of this event there was also the Italian journalistm Barbara Serra, who has published the book “Gli italiani non sono pigri”, again in response to the above-mentioned stereotypes.

It is possible to do many comparisons between these two books. One poin in common for example is the close dependence of Italian with their own parents, particularly the mother. However, according to the books this aspect represents a consequence, and not a cause, of some economic problems which the Italian society is facing. The above-mentioned dependences are caused by the work’s deficiency, which doesn’t allows young Italians to reach an economic stability in their life so they are not able to create their own families. As a consequence young Italians have to live with their parents in their families’ houses.
From another point of view it is possible to read the economic crisis differently. The Italian educational system is still very theoretical, increasing the discrepancy between school education and work environment. According to this point the Italian premier Renzi said he would like to bring Italian workers to the same level of English ones, because those have their first experiences of work at the age of 16. This point was praised both by Barbara Serra and by the modern historian Andrea Mammone.
For the above discussed problem Italians don’t reach the high level of English workers, who usually regard Italian ones as very incompetents or “sluggishes”, to remember the address of Barbara Serra talking about the opinion of English regarding Italian ones, affirming: “English people certainly love us, but on the other hand they don’t respect us”. Although a lot of English would to learn Italian culture and language.
Again, a great number of Italians arrives in England to improve their English and so to obtain some possible facilitations about the work research in Italy, as the general Italian consul in England, Massimiliano Mazzanti, said in a meeting. During this meeting students asked to the General Consul his opinion about the Italoeuropeo’s survey concerning the Expo of Milano. He reported that this fair could give a great contribution to the Italian economy, increasing the number of foreign visitors.For this reason we have asked him how many English people knows about the Expo. His answer has been positive: “ Many British workers are moving to visit EXPO and they take advantage also to visit Milan.” But as we have seen, our dates show us a different answer, because the 80,2 % of 2000 English people don’t know it.

CONCLUSION
However the UK population are very interested about actuality. One could note, also in tube, that about 8 on 10 of them read newspapers. So it is possible that the problem is a lack of information. In fact online and paper magazines are focusing the majority of news on the emergent immigration. Naturally, if there have been more hints about this exhibitions, the Italian economy would get an high increase. Naturally one would to know which are the causes of the unknowledge of English people about Milano’s Expo. Surely this last one symbolizes the multiculturalism, by means of the selling of products regarding principally the food and various technology’s, but which kind of city could be considered as the symbol of multiculturalism better than London?
England is a nation that loves travelling. So, maybe the problem isn’t the multiculturalism, contrary to the opinions of some people, because England, and London particularly, presents a great “melting pot”, but for this cause Londoners would have to be interested to the cultures that are holded within London itself. Infact just for this reason London is now regarded as an “open and hopeful city”, because it connects greatly the respect of various cultures with the economic growth of London itself. However, Londoners wouldn’t to move to Expo only, for these reasons, but also because England has got one of most important pavilions, into his fair, which represents so the goodwill of UK to improve the economic grow of this world.
So, opening own mind to Expo would surely have a result: all inhabitants of the world would be really become “Citizens of world”, at least for the time of the visit.

Welcome Italia Italian taste in uk

Italian chefs do it better and the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the UK knows it.That’s why London is hosting “Welcome Italia”, the most important Italian food and beverage trade fair in the city. The event will take place at the Royal Horticultural Halls in Elverton Street near Victoria and Pimlico stations from 25th to 27th September 2015.

The show, which offers Italian products the access to the British market, will be rolled out by the ICCIUK President’s welcoming speech. What’s really new is the so-called “Trade-only Day” which will allow buyers looking to launch new made in Italy products into the international market to get in touch with the most important Italian food and beverage companies.

In the same day, the “Ospitalita’ italiana Award 2015” will reward the best Italian restaurants in the UK to promote the Italian cuisine all over the world.

The following two days will welcome visitors who can attend masterclasses, seminars and cooking shows in the Cookery Theatre with many of the most famous Italian chefs in UK, such as chef Francesco Mazzei. More than 30000 visitors are supposed to take part in the event, not just to taste the excellences of the Italian food, but also to find out the high level of hospitality of this country.

The great Soan’s heritage

John Soane was a neoclassical architect who bought in 1792 the Lincoln’s house n.12 in Field street to make his studies. After 14 years he decided to buy another house near this, the n13, and he renovated the flat and the facade of the building. Then, in 1823, the architect bought also the house number 14 to make a gallery for his collection of finds and artworks. Before his death he decided that these three houses would become a museum of his technical drawings, finds and masterpieces.

The art isn’t only in the collection, but also in the style of the building as after the restauration of 1806. In the facade there are six arches that form two balconies closed with windows. While inside the palace there are gothic elements and masonic references. The most weel-lighted rooms are in the backward, and are enlightened by the sunshine from above.

The findings are in all the rooms and among a lot of these there is even the wonderful sarcophagus of Pharaoh Seti I and it isn’t easy owning findings of this historical value. In fact, a lot of rich people all over the world often decide to expose publicly their collections of findings and artworks in their museums in order to be remembered after their death and collaborate with the cultural development of people.

The way of supreme happiness: Hindu

London- India is certainly a country which, during the history, has showed many peculiarities that have been independents in spite of the globalisation. However this assertion doesn’t mean that some fields of Indian economy, like cinema, had not a great modernisation following colonial time.
On the other hand within Indian culture there are a lot of differences, like the ones concerning the language or the races which Indians belong to and ?; despite these differences the Hindu connect all the worshipers of this great peninsula which is situated in Southern Asia.
This phenomenon of unity has been used before to connect the various populations that formed part of the ancient Greece, namely the Dorians, the Ionians and finally the Aeolians. So, starting from colonial age many Indians began to emigrate towards Occident, and especially towards Great Britain.
Since ever England has showed a great “melting pot”, which allows people with various traditions to live peacefully together; but maybe Indians did better in England. In fact while in London, like in other European capitals, there are some typical zones of several countries, Indians adapt greatly themselves to the original population of the city and also arabs get this result thanks to the high level of their English or thanks to their economic boldness which distinguished them even from colonial time.
Despite these modern peculiarities, the majority of Indians is very interested in preserving their own culture even over their native peninsula. In fact Hindu has got an ancient beginning that derives from the old Vedic religion, which was practised for the first time in the South East zone of India. However Hindu changed very much during the time and this is an affirmation by the great guru Paramahansa Yogananda , who was even a famous researcher of the ideological similiarities between Christianity and Hindu.

So Hindu has enriched itself of some beliefs regarding the polytheism or the worship of artworks, both sculptures and canvases, which represent their Gods whose existences would be remembered by Hindu sacred books, like Ramajana, an epic poem, or the Bhagavad Gita, that is the so-called Hindu Bible. Certainly this religion could be defined as one that, more than other ones, gives the purity of mind and spirit by means of some actions, like fasting or the complete neglect of own properties, which are actions carried out by a determinate Hindu movement that is often named: “Hare Krishna”, whose members dance and sing in the most important streets of world capitals. In the appearance these persons, who haven’ t anything, one could however note a sort of delight that is caused by the liberation from the unnecessary ethic and economic rules controlling the majority of people’ s feelings in this world.
Hare Krishna members only search for spiritual happiness, which could be found spending their lifes thinking “everything is too much, you need little” ; so that during the end of their life they may really adfirm : “ this show has been very nice, but now I’m ready to come back to the divine home”.

So, Hindu devotees are sure that at the end of life laughing because of the vanities which characterize life itself would be the best strategy to be received in God’ s House. This end, according to their beliefs, regards all the martyrs who are now venerated into Hindu temples, like the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir of London.

Within this temple everybody can note a strict consideration for the rules, above all for the silence, that everyone has to respect; but, on the other hand there is also the goodwill by temple’ s workers to teach some interesting peculiarities of Hindu, not for converting the visitors, but in order that they find the way to supreme happiness.