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‘Honourable’ Cossiga

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

During a recent television debate between government spokespersons and students over the much contested educational reform decree, one of the students was briskly interuppted by his governmental interlocutor because he had not addressed her with the customary ‘Honourable’, a title automatically given to members of parliament (much like the British system).
Respect for the institutions of [...]

The Dark Knight - viewed by the minister for the interior

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

A welcome on board to Three Monkeys’ newest blogger - Brendan Coffey - whose Between Boston and Berlin blog is now online. One of Coffey’s first pieces is a thumbs up for the new Christopher Nolan Batman Film - The Dark Knight. The film, though, has a radically different context here in Italy, under the [...]