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My mother messages from Italy with a tiny but telling anecdote that sums up the difficulty of the situation. The assistant manager of her local Carrefour Express in Turin (like Tesco Express, only with nicer wine), is being driven to distraction by little old ladies roaming endlessly around his supermarket. He keeps telling them to … Read more
Coronavirus DISCO fever: Italians put on a musical laser light show from their balconies to keep their spirits up amid coronavirus quarantine Locals in Rome leaned out of their windows to shine the lights onto apartments Others can be heard singing, in voices which echo around residential complex The communal disco to lift spirits took … Read more
‘The worst case scenario is what will happen’: Italians record messages they wish they could have played to themselves ten days ago as they warn not to underestimate coronavirus Quarantined Italians admitted they underestimated the magnitude of infection Cases in Italy have grown exponentially in and have now almost hit 30,000 They suggest some people … Read more
Cheryl is tricked into thinking quarantined Italians are singing her hits from their balconies amid coronavirus crisis… with Katy Perry and Madonna also falling for the prank By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 20:54 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 20:54 GMT, 15 March 2020 She recently left fans confused after drastically altering her eye … Read more
Singing from the rooftops: Thousands of Italians in Milan and Rome take to balconies to sing and play instruments in bid cheer each other up amid coronavirus lockdown Families and neighbours in Rome, Milan, Palermo and other cities also crashed pots together in the flashmob Messages were circulated on social media to organise the second … Read more
Quarantined Italians took to their balconies for a second time on Friday evening to sing the national anthem and rousing soccer anthems to lift morale amid the country’s severe coronavirus outbreak. The flash mob launched throughout Italy aimed to bring people together and try to cope with the emergency of coronavirus as the country remains on … Read more
Incredible moment quarantined Italians chant ‘don’t give up’ together from their balconies and sing rousing football songs to lift their spirits amid coronavirus crisis in Naples People stuck in the tower blocks in Casoria, Naples, belted out a defiant chorus Using improvised chants and football songs they try to keep morale high 60 million citizens … Read more
Italians were packing into supermarkets to stock up for a weeks-long quarantine today as police began roaming the streets to enforce a new nationwide lockdown. Panic-buyers were queuing with shopping trolleys outside 24-hour supermarkets in cities including Rome and Naples last night after prime minister Giuseppe Conte announced the latest drastic measures. Conte declared that … Read more
BIOGRAPHY An Englishman Abroad by Gianluca Barneschi (Osprey £16.99, 336 pp) On the night of August 14, 1943, a British secret agent fell from the sky into Lake Como in northern Italy. Dick Mallaby hit the water carrying codes hidden inside a toothpaste tube, radio equipment in his shaving brush, an antenna disguised as a … Read more