Montalbano: Sicily’s Own Police Inspector
Sicily is home to some of Italy’s best known and successful writers. To name just a few, but there are many more, Luigi Pirandello from Agrigento, won the Nobel Prize…
Commissario Montalbano vs Inspector Morse
It seems that every nation has its favourite fictional copper and, if they’re successful enough, they stretch beyond the borders of their own country: Denmark has Sarah Lund,…
Hands Off My Montalbano
(A Response to an Issue Presented by European Union Commissioner Maria Damanaki) Most Kind Commissioner Maria Damanaki, I am writing this letter in reaction to comments made by…
The Language We Speak
For the longest time there has been a great and long debate about the Sicilian language. The debate centers on two issues: 1) is the Sicilian a language or a…
“Shakespeare in Italy”: BBC & Emma Thompson in Sicily
There has been much ado – and understandably so – in the Sicilian media about the presence on the island this week of the Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson. Miss Thompson…