Hints and tips:
...Rolls-Royce Phantom or Morris Minor Convertible, helicopter or Piaggio?...
...V, E, S, P, A: five letters with the power to summon a tourist-brochure-perfect Italy....
...Many Italians today learn to cook it at home according to a set of rules that places it in the context of its “Roman pasta family”, alongside cacio e pepe, gricia and amatriciana....
...Named after Gino Coppedè, the architect who designed this bizarre little alcove, the buildings here are adorned with fairies and other imaginary creatures....
...“Because of the legislation, there has been a significant increase in sales — they have grown by 70 per cent compared to last year,” said Gino Hendarsyah, chief executive of Hex Juice, which claims to control...
...Order the margherita pizza at Gino e Toto Sorbillo, along with a glass of the local Greco di Tufo white wine....
...racing cars at a Milan Triennale; a celebration of Aeropittura featuring Arturo Martini’s grounded terracotta nude dreamer “L’Aviatore”; Rome’s quadriennales trumpeting overblown figurative fantasies — Gino...
...The Swiss MonoTracer E cabin motorcycle was effortlessly achieving 250km of range at real-world, high motorway speeds two years ago or so....
...Although less fastidious than Ruskin, many Venetians have used the phrase “com’era e dov’era” (how it was and where it was) to express their preservationist impulse....
...The runaway success of the tilting, three-wheel Piaggio MP3 scooter attests to that....
...So Piaggio’s answer this year is a bigger engine – of 300cc – and a price cut of €1,000....
...The non-negotiable element is that our conversation be in French, so I opt for Paris and e-mail his office to apologise for not being entirely fluent....
...“E mio figlio!” And rather a lot, it transpires, about her family....
...The first show featured pieces from his own collection, including Joe Colombo’s furniture and Gino Sarfatti’s lights....
...Fabio Innocenzi, the chief executive of Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara, said on Wednesday when pressed that he was staying at his own bank....
...However, several private equity groups and Piaggio, the Italian scooter maker, were approached by the bank and people from Daimler late last year....
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