What to see in Venice

The 12th Venice Architecture Biennale opens on 29 August, under the curatorial direction of Kazuyo Sejima. This Biennial features work from 56 countries and highlights 43 projects and also features debates and dialogue on the architectural work. The 12th Venice Architecture Biennale opens on 29 August and enjoys the participation of more than 56 countries, [...]

Why do we do things, why do we have sex? If you ask this question to a few people, the vast majority will reply that they do it because of pleasure. And because we know one and a million ways of having sex, we should never get bored (theoretically). But there are more reasons [...]

Apart from Film Festival in Cannes, the International Film Festival in Venice (Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica) is one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals. Not only that but it is the world’s oldest film festival. It was founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 and it takes place every year in late August/early September [...]

The Porn industry is a sector that appears to be relatively unaffected by the crisis or at the very least, demand for its products has not diminished, as perhaps might happen with films concerning weighty social issues … It is better not be reminded of hard times, so people avoid Ken Loach style movies [...]

Let me tell you a little story…When I was younger I went to a religious school, and at my school the uniform consisted of a pleated skirt, a shirt and a bow tie. For some strange reason I never got rid of the uniform, strange because I always had to use it day after day [...]

It seems the era of quirky pint-size pop stars has ended. Britney Spears was one of the last princesses of pop to be catapulted to stardom in the late 90s. However, one of the most iconic images we remember of her washer passionate attempt to break the windshield of a paparazzi’s car. With an [...]

Hollywood actors, politicians, famous singers, but also shop clerks, the unemployed young and old and everybody in between eagerly await the best time of year and look forward to taking advantage of the long days of summer. Obviously nobody cares where and how the average Joe spends the summer, but VIP vacations [...]

1) Struck by Lightening Seven Times Between 1942 and 1977, a forest ranger from the US was struck seven times by lightening, and survived them all. Although he has been knocked unconscious, had his hair set on fire, and been admitted to hospital with burns to his chest and stomach, Roy Sullivan seemed to be the [...]

This past May 31 the art world has been in mourning, having lost one of its most eclectic and original artists who expressed her inner imagination mostly through sculpture: Louise Bourgeois. The French artist had belonged to that generation of artists who had lived in the lively artistic milieu of Paris in the 30s. [...]

The festival season reaches its hottest point. Don’t miss out on the must-see dates in Italy, in the splendid city of Venice, where artists and bands like Aerosmith, The Black Eyed Peas, Massive Attack and Gossip will take the stage of San Giuliano Park from the 3rd until the 6th of July. Book as soon [...]