Culture

The moments that redefine us

The cause-effect relationship between doubt, desire for change, and the resulting choice to achieve it is a complicated matter

by Matteo Scanni

Decision making: the thrill of a fork in the road

One often gets a strange impression that the most critical decisions decide themselves.

by Rita Italiano

Free to play

What happens when a woman is the best on the playing field? Three stories teach us that merit always goes beyond gender.

by Tino Mantarro

The big soup

A new happiness for the new normal.

by Ornella Sinigaglia

A brief history of doubt

Living in a culture held together by a shared dedication to inquiry.

by Ornella Sinigaglia

Post-covid photography

How we have been forced to “re-see” the world to understand it again.

by Guido Van Nispen

Bondy inside out

Uncensored perspectives about riots in Paris' 93rd arrondissement 15 years later.

by Francesca Sironi

What’s at stake?

How much did so-called heretics understand the sense of defeat.

by Marina Benedetti

Here to stay, here to play

What does a nursery school, an NGO, and anti-facism have to do with football?

by Tino Mantarro

Malabrocca, the champion who finished last

On a quest to earn the award for not winning.

by Gino Cervi

How to succeed doing nothing

Michi Panero grew up in a literary family, but the Spaniard never published a word.

by Guido De Franceschi

When writing is a pain

The urge to say something which has never been said before.

by Alessandro Zaccuri

A brief history of failure

by Ornella Sinigaglia

The aesthetics of protest

A look at visual icons of the age of protests and how they have spread to other cultures.

by Mattia Salvia

A brief history of utopias

Envisioning perfect worlds through centuries to escape reality.

by MAIZE

It all happened overnight

Covid-19 has turned the agenda of our priorities upside down, showing us a new path that not all of us would like to follow.

by Matteo Scanni

Literary catharsis

What can one of the most widely read works of the 1900s teach us about living and surviving amidst a global pandemic? 

by Laura Pezzino

Living lexicons

How can we reconcile the various ways in which we communicate, while preserving the integrity of words and understanding each other?

by Guido De Franceschi