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Who is the most famous cat of them all? Part two

Jun 05, 2013 No Comments by

Last but not least among the virtual cats, born by chance and become a VIP (or VIC?) between the web, books and gadgets, is the adorable bungler Simon’s Cat. Turning to reality, from Queen Victoria to Pope Leo XII, from Lenin to Rosa Luxembourg, from Lincoln to Churchill, many cats have become famous through their [...]

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Who is the most famous cat of them all? Part one

May 22, 2013 No Comments by

It’s not easy to talk about famous cats: they are so many. So I decided to treat the subject for ideas, to be deepened if you want. Let’s begin our journey by the most classic, which do not need any comment: Puss in Boots, the Cat and the Fox of Pinocchio, the ominous Cheshire Cat [...]

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Dynamite Stories, the explosive life of Danilo Coppe

May 08, 2013 No Comments by

Sold out on April 19th for the meeting with Danilo Coppe, explosives expert of Parma of international renown, and his book object Dynamite Stories, published by Fermoeditore and presented in a special edition (contained in a showcase inspired by the boxes of dynamite). Hosted by Mondadori bookshop in Euro Torri, a mall in Parma, the [...]

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Pointless but essential: the bookmark

May 07, 2013 No Comments

The bookmark is one of the many objects taken for granted in everyday life. Although a single ticket or a pencil can carry out the task of reminding us what page of the book we arrived, those who love books in general love to collect bookmarks of various materials, shapes and sizes. The collections of [...]

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The color that makes the difference: the black cat

Apr 24, 2013 No Comments

Loved and respected as gods, feared and hated as demons. Black cats had over the centuries a troubled life and even today they are not highly regarded by everybody. Sacred to Isis in the ancient Egypt – in case of fire or other emergency that forced to leave the house, according to law and the [...]

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60 years of horsebit loafers Gucci

Apr 24, 2013 No Comments

Few people know that horsebit loafer was born in Tuscany in 1953 when Aldo Gucci, son of the founder Guccio Gucci, decided that the family brand should go into the shoe business. The loafer since then has become a key element of the male and also female wardrobe. To create the first unisex model, Aldo [...]

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Places for cats

Mar 27, 2013 No Comments

What makes a cat to choose, at home, a place rather than another? Curiosity leads the cat to explore every corner of its territory and to smell anything new, but the reasons for his preferences are sometimes mysterious. Apart from the search for niches hot in summer and cool in winter, or comfort – although [...]

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Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited II – Album and tour

Feb 27, 2013 Comments Off

“Paper late!” cried a voice in the crowd”. It happened on 22.10.2012! Not just yesterday, but even in a time so remote as to make the information superfluous. It really happened. It has been released the sequel of Genesis Revisited published in 1996. It is called, imagine, Genesis Revisited II (after all what else should [...]

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Dj Mackelmore and his Thrift Shop

Feb 13, 2013 No Comments

In USA there is a big trend, or even, a real contagion that is involving a plenty of people. It’s not a disease but a white rapper from Seattle very debated and irreverent and one of his most famous funky songs, dedicated to thrift stores, Thrift Shop, viewed more than 77 million times on Youtube; [...]

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Gangnam Style: a blockbuster becomes a hymn of freedom

Jan 16, 2013 No Comments

The interest on the part of the young and wealthy Korean for fashion is a growing phenomenon in South Korea. This is evident from the number of Koreans one can meet in Italy at Milan fashion shows or at Pitti Uomo and from their strong passion for everything that is made in Italy. But probably, [...]

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