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When we are in Italy, we miss London, when we are in London we miss Italy. Luckily, our two countries have become more similar in recent times: with five prime ministers in the last four years, the United Kingdom has taken some of the perennial Italian instability; and with a very serious, pragmatic banker as Prime Minister for a couple of years, for a while Italy has looked more English than England. If we add that many Brits have a passion for all things Italian since the time of lord Byron, and that many Italians proudly call themselves 鈥渁nglophiles鈥�, we can say that not even Brexit will be able to separate us: in fact, at least 350 thousand Italians continue to live in England, the second largest European community in this country. Still, we remain two profoundly different people. Here are three things that we Italians should learn from the Brits. And three things that perhaps the Brits should learn from us. Come to hear what they are.
Marco Varvello,聽 UK Bureau Chief聽 for RAI Italian Radio and Television.聽He holds a degree in Philosophy and started as a journalist in Milan at the daily newspapers 鈥楲a Notte鈥� and 鈥業l Giornale鈥�,聽 directed聽 by Indro Montanelli.鈥燱orking for RAI since 1987,聽 Marco Varvello anchored the news for TG1 and was curator and editor of聽 鈥淚l Fatto鈥� by Enzo Biagi.聽He was the RAI聽 News correspondent in Germany, Berlin (2006-2014), London (1997-2005) and special correspondent in the US.聽He is now back to London as UK Bureau Chief since 2014.聽He has been awarded the 鈥淟ondon Foreign Press Award鈥澛� by the Foreign Press Association for the best programme in a foreign language about the UK.聽He wrote the novel 鈥楧imentica le Mille e una Notte鈥�, published by Rizzoli, which won the Literary award鈥疉do-Lisant di Lille-Bruxelles.鈥疕is most recent books are聽 鈥淏rexit Blues鈥� (Mondadori), 鈥淟ondra Anni Venti鈥� (Bompiani) and 鈥淧asso falso鈥� (RaiLibri).聽Marco Varvello is a member of the Italian-German Cultural Centre of Villa Vigoni.
Enrico Franceschini, born in Bologna in 1956, is a journalist and writer who has traveled the world for more than forty years as a foreign correspondent for the Italian daily 鈥淟a Repubblica鈥�, working in New York, Washington, Moscow, Jerusalem and London, where he is now living. He is the author of twenty-five books of fiction and non fiction, among which the recents 鈥淟ondra Italia 鈥�(2016), 鈥淎 Londra con Sherlock Holmes鈥� (2020), 鈥淟a fine dell鈥檌mpero 鈥� ultimo viaggio in Urss (2021), 鈥淭utti per uno 鈥� 33 storie per innamorarsi dell鈥橢uropa鈥� (2022), 鈥淓lisabetta II, l鈥檜ltima grande regina鈥� (2022) and a trilogy of thrillers, 鈥淏assa marea鈥� (2019), 鈥淔erragosto鈥� (2021), 鈥淯n鈥檈state a Borgomarina鈥� (2022). His last book is 鈥淐ome girare il mondo gratis 鈥� un giornalista con la valigia鈥� (2023), a memoir of the places and people he met in his long career. In 1993 he won Premiolino, one of the oldest and journalistic prizes in Italy, for his reportage on the coup in Russia. He has interviewed presidents and dictators, the first man on the Moon and the fastest man on Earth, Hollywwod movie stars and great novelists, he has covered wars, Olympic games and earthquakes, and he has been invited to dinner by Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace.
A drinks reception will follow the talk
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PLEASE NOTE: The following authors’ books are available to order and can be collected the day of the event.
Enrico Franceschini “Come girare il聽mondo gratis”聽补苍诲听“Un’estate a Borgomarina” (in Italian).
Marco Varvello “Passo Falso” (in Italian).
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