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Se non assomiglio alla mia famiglia, a chi assomiglio? Meglio se guardo a uno specchio.
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Great new band, distinctive sound, passionate: Fontaines D.C.
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L’ascesa dell’estremismo tra il rapporto umano, potrebbe causare danni irreversibili alla nostra societa’?
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Cambiamenti, trasformazioni, slogan e standard di vita: l’evidente caduta dell’ex Impero Inglese.
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– I giorni sono lunghi, ma gli anni sono brevi -
-Scritto da Massimo Usai Abbiamo tutti lo stesso numero di ore al giorno, ma come usiamo questo tempo nei nostri...
Stories we will never want to read. Stories that break your heart and make you cry.
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Storie che non vorremo mai leggere. Storie che mi spezzano il cuore e che mi fanno piangere.
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When it’s midnight he starts to panic as usual.
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Una dichiarazione di Guerra bizzarra, ma basata su un progetto ben preciso.
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Like a dog chasing its tail, Stirring up old emotions deep in my own spirit.
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Sotto una grondaia nelle Fiandre cercando d’evitare la pioggia mentre sogno una vacanza a Dubai.
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Under the Flemish eaves looking for shelter from the pouring rain. Dreaming of a sun that would definitely smile at my hopes for the future.
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The “Drinking Culture”: Britain’s drinking problem is a lot bigger than you think
The news was eagerly awaited and came creating the bombshell effect that everyone expected. The investigation into the numerous parties...
La “Cultura del Bere”: Britain’s drinking problem is a lot bigger than you think
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Please excuse me, but I’ve got to ask. Do you remember?
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Una vacanza in Italia pensando al mare e alla sua magica influenza
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The new year has just begun and I am already looking forward to next year
While we have embarked at total capacity in the new year, we are already looking forward to it ending. It...
Benvenuto! Benvenuto ancora “Anno Nuovo”.
Mentre ci siamo imbarcati a pieno regime nel Anno Nuovo, non vediamo già l'ora che finisca. Sembra, per ora, la...
Il blocco del lettore: sapete cosa sia?
Avete mai sofferto dell’esperienza che alcuni chiamano il "blocco del lettore"? Sono stato un lettore instancabile per decenni, adesso la...
L’animale misterioso nel mezzo della passeggiata in città’.
Verso la fine della nostra passeggiata insieme, lei indica uno strano animale, che pare dipinto con i colori dell’arcobaleno, ma...
We have a New Virus
THE NEXT VIRUS? It’s deadly and malicious, and there is no vaccine. The Russian and American-fuelled spread of lies and...
The time has come to say things as they are, whatever the consequences these may be
By Massimo Usai The time has come to be precise and clear. Many people have risked their lives because they...
Le promesse per il nuovo anno ci devono riportare in primo piano l’importanza della solidarietà. Tra le persone, tra le generazioni, tra le comunità.
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Why Sardinia is the home to the world’s longest-living men? How we could copy this amazing lifestyle?
By Massimo Usai Sardinia is one of the places where there is longevity in the World. WHERE IS IT Sardinia?...
Who has always had something to say ? Not me.
By Massimo Usai As I've written somewhere else in the past, perhaps during another lifetime, "you don't always have something...
Last few evenings with Laura Marling. “Thank You Naivety For Failing Me Again”
By Massimo Usai Thank You Naivety For Failing Me Again In these first days of the year, I listen to...
Communism is not Fascism. A simple explanation because the two ideologies are completely different
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By Massimo Usai In a year dominated once again by the pandemic, books, music, and movies occupied our days the...
The Top 20 of the Year 2021
By Massimo Usai Twenty records that in 2021 were excellent company. Placed in order of preference, they create, in fact,...
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By Massimo Usai I am no longer young. But I wish I was older tomorrow morning. Go to the coast...
Ok, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year but…
By Massimo Usai I don't like everyone, either if it's Christmas. How you could like everyone you meet or everything...
Letter to Jesus on Christmas Day
By Massimo Usai Dear Jesus, Indeed it is anomalous that you can receive a letter from me, but since everyone...
1982: the year of the World Cup for Italy that changed for better many things in our lives
By Massimo Usai It's 1982, and I still haven't had anything so transcendental in my life. I was still studying,...
I can’t get over the warmth that Elbow’s music radiates
Elbow with one of the best albums of the year... one of the best songs they never wrote The roses...
United Kingdom: a country falling apart?
By Massimo Usai (Italian version here) Things in the United Kingdom have changed significantly in the last ten years. From...
Gran Bretagna: Il crollo morale di una Nazione.
By Massimo Usai Le cose in Gran Bretagna sono cambiate in modo significativo negli ultimi dieci anni. Da Londra 2012...