This month in London sees the Notting Hill Carnival roll into town. It is a vibrant celebration featuring many different cultures, and very different from the Italian carnivals I...

Over the weekend people around the world celebrated St Patrick’s Day! I must admit I didn’t know much about St Patrick before writing this blog. The only thing I...

I wanted to write a blog about Euro 2016 before it started but being Italian and superstitious I decided to wait until it was over for us, although I...

I love cheese but don’t like running so even though I don’t think I will ever join in with the cheese rolling competition in Gloucestershire, it is one of...

Tomorrow is the day we celebrate St George – the patron saint of English. St George was a Roman soldier who became a Christian. When the authorities found out,...

When they told me that a leap year wedding could end disastrously, I didn’t really believe it, and didn’t think twice before deciding to get married in February, on...

As with every other year, I thought I’d get organised for Pancake Day this year. I thought I’d have all the ingredients and make delicious pancakes that look even...

January feels like a never-ending Monday. I always feel so blue after all the Christmas shenanigans (many of which I find it hard to recollect for some reason) and...

Oh yes, Christmas again! Non-stop shopping, non-stop eating and most of all non-stop drinking. Who could resist?! Sad to say, the magic of Christmas was ruined rather early for...

Our poor earth is becoming more and more polluted every day. Food going to waste, endangered species dying out, ice caps melting… We decided to take action and do our...