Archives for July 2020

Buondì. iPhones are the bane of my life. No offence is intended – two of my children own those infernal (and expensive) gadgets. But when it comes to customer service issues, there’s often an iPhone involved. For example, someone wants to subscribe to EasyItalianNews.com. You enter your email (let’s say it’s a Gmail but you […]

Buondì. I learnt a new word this morning, while proof-reading and listening to the latest installment in our free, thirty-part series of articles with audio, ‘La storia di Roma.’ Sincretismo. If you’re unfamiliar with it, there’s an explanation at the start of Episodio 8. Il sincretismo culturale tra Grecia e Roma. Though you can probably […]

Buondì. I’ve just been listening to/reading Episode 7 in our free, thirty-part series of articles ‘La storia di Roma‘. So far we’ve covered about five hundred years from the mythical beginnings of Rome, and there’s still a long way to go. The Romans have gone from zeroes to heroes and are now busy wiping out […]

Buondì. Hopefully it’s about to rain in Bologna this Friday morning, which will supposedly bring lower temperatures for most of the rest of the day. It’s getting windy and the sky has turned grey, both excellent signs that something good is about to happen! So I’m writing this while sitting in an armchair facing the […]

Buondì. Why do we say a Pyrrhic victory? You probably already know, but it’s explained, I’m not sure how accurately, in the latest installment of our free 30-part series of articles with audio, ‘La storia di Roma‘. Wikipedia has what is probably a more precise and informative explanation. But who cares? The purpose of our […]

Buondì. Episode 4 of our free series of articles with audio for students of Italian is ready for you to read/listen to, when you have a minute. ‘Vita da Romani’ covers such fascinating topics as childbirth, the fate of newborns, the daily lives of aristocratic boys and girls, the power of the head of the […]

Buondì. For those who are enjoying the ‘Roma’ series, below is the link to no. 3 (out of 30!) Episodio 3. Roma al tempo della repubblica (509 a.C.) If you’ve been putting off beginning, you’ll find the previous two ‘episodes’ on the History page of the club website. E invece, over on the Literature page […]

Buondì. Yes, I’m very late today, sorry! That’s due to me having been busy preparing the remaining 29 episodes of ‘La storia di roma’ this morning. It was more time-consuming than I had expected. You can see what’s coming over the next couple of months on our new ‘History’ page, here. Only two ‘episodi’ have […]

Buondì. A super-short one today, as I am absolutely exhausted from a week of ‘Summer Sale’ (which is now over, by the way) and because we have the beginning of our new, 30-part FREE ‘History of Rome’ series. I’ve just been formatting, editing and listening to Episodo 1, and very interesting it is, too. I […]

There are just a few hours left of the 2020 Summer sale. In July, August and most of September there will be precisely no chances to save 20% on the full range of ebooks and online lessons in the club’s online shop. Though we will have some new ebooks to look forward to, which are […]