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Sommario - Contents
March/Marzo
Dalla Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Frozen in time
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The only driver
Elezioni technicolor
R.I.P
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Camino con Carmelo
Italia Fisica
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The Hill . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Cronaca della Comunita'
F~A.I.E. - Assemblea Storica
Assoc. Parmigiani Valceno
Club Donne Italiane
Assoc. Pedina Val D'Arda
Assoc~ Nazionale Alpini
Assoc. Trinacria
Dall'Italia
Art Lives . . . . . . . ..• . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Old News?
Eurofocus
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Sportlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ..
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Chiesa di San Pietro
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Dalla Russia
Riemerge dopo 50 anni
I'ombra dell'Armata Italiana in
Russia
"Ho un unico figlio, dato per
disperso in Russia". Cosi' esordisce
una lettera che il signor Alessandro
Malerba di Milano scrive ner 1948
alI'on Palmiro Togliatti, leader del·
Partito Comunista Italiano. Nella
lettera il padre disperato scrive a
colui ehe ritiene bene introdotto nei
corridoi del potere dell'Unione
Sovietica di fargli sapere se -il 'suo
unico figlio e' vivo 0 morto e se e'
morto dove e' sepolto. "Se e' morto
- scrive il padre- vorrei fargli il
funerale". "Egregio signore - e' la
risposta di Togliatti scritta I'll
giugno 1948 ma pubblicata solo in
questi giorni dai giornali italianiper quello che mi risulta il governo
sovietico ha pubblicato ·Ia Iista dei
soprawisSuti ... ed
assurdo anche
solo pensare alia piu' lontana possibilita' delI'esistenza di dispersi
soprawissuti perche' l'equipaggiamento di quei poveri ufficiali e
soldati italiani non consentiva la
soprawivenza in quelle condizioni
di battaglia e di clima". La lettera
conclude: "La mia opinione e' che
alle autorita' sovietiche nulla e' da
rimproverarsi. NelIe condizioni in
cui erano, hanno fatto quanto dove·
vano".
e'
Soldaliilalian~prigion/erif(cirussi
E invecc dagli archivi del Ccntro
Russo per la Conservazione e 10
Studio dei Documenti di Storia
Contemporanea, a Mosca, e' emersa
una lettera di Togliatti scritta nel
1943 in cui il segretario del PCI
rinunciava a un intervento a favore
dei soldati italiani sostenendo ehe
"se un buon numero dei prigionieri
italiani morira' in Urss non ci trovo
nulIa, da dire". "11 fatto - scrive
ancora- che per migliaia e migliaia
di famiglie la guerra di Mussolini e
'soprattutto la spedizione contro la
Russia si conc1udano con una tragedia, con un lutto personale, e' ii
migliore e il piu' efficace degli
antidoti". 11 sacrificio dei soldati
italiani, in altri termini, sarebbe
potuto servire come utile leva per
sbarazzarsi del fascismo. Ma quanto
cinismo!
La lettera, che Togliatti aveva
scritto a Vincenzo Bianco, e' stata
fatta pervenire ai giornali italiani
dallo storico Franco Andreucci professore dell'Universita' di Pisa dOpo
ehe il centro russo di documentazione aveva stipulato un accordo
con la casa editrice fiorentina Ponte
delle Grazie dove egli pubblica i
suoi lavori. La pubblicazione ha
scatenato un vespaio di polemiche,
sia da parte dei russi, che non ne
avevano autorizzato la diffusione
alIa stampa, sia negli ambienti politici italiani. 11 leader del PDS,
Achille Occhetto, ha definito la
lettera "agghiacciante". Molti hanno
fatto rilevare il contrasto tra quello
che Togliatti seriveva nel 1948 al
padre affranto - che non c'erano
piu' in Russia soldati dispersi
soprawissuti nel marzo 1943 • e
quanto aveva dichiarato alia
Radio di Mosca. "Sono 115 mila
.' aveva detto - i soldati italiani
caduti in mane dei sovietici, di
cui 69.000 feriti". E' allora da
chiedersi: dove sono andati a
finire tutte queste migliaia di
giovani italiani "caduti in mano
dei sovietici"?
Erano 250.000 i giovani
delI'Armir, l'Armata Italiana in Russia. Erano partiti il 10 luglio 1941
per combattere su un fronte di 270
chilometri. L'offensiva russa che
determino' la rotta dell'Armir cornincio' il 10 dicembre 1942 contem-
Be.lfagor
poraneamente alI'assalto finale
sovietico a Stalingrado. L'Armir si
trovava tra gli eserciti ungherese e
romeno. Per primi cedettero i
romeni. I sovietici si infilarono nel
varco e chiusero I'Armir in trappola.
Furono cosi' travolte alcune divi·
sioni, gli alpini corsero in loro ai\lto
e si trovarono nel pieno delIa batta·
glia a dover affrontare forzc enor·
memente superiori. 11 18 dicembre
1942 inizio' la ritirata alia cieca, con
gli alpini che trascinarono in salvo
migliaia di uomini di ogni paese, ma
nessuno in Italia si rese conto delle
dimensiqni delIa tragedia.
Nel febbraio 1943 migliaia di
famiglie disperate cominciarono a
leggere cifre di caduti e a sperare
che i loro cari fossero tra i dispersi,
coloro cioe' che non si sapeva se
fossero morti" feriti, congelati 0
prigionieri. La campagna di Russia
era costata 26.115 morti e 63.684
dispersi, oltre a 43.166 feriti. Ma di
tutti quei dispersi, quanti eran!> stati
catturati ancora vivi?
Dalle carte emerse dagli archivi
russi ,50 anni dopo, si sa che i russi
avrebbero fatto 48.957 prigionieri di
cui 27.000 sarebbero morti nei
campi di concentramento. E gli
altri? Dove sono andati a finire? I
soldati rimpatriati furono solo
10.000 sui 2S0.000 che erano partiti.
Dopo 50 anni, le dimensioni della
tragedia di questi nostri soldati e'
ancora tutta da scoprire, nonostante
I'apertura degli archivi segreti. 11
presidente Cossiga ha ora affidato a
una commissione di storici il cornpito di indagare, 50 anni dOpo, sulla
sorte dei nostri soldati in Russia,
anche per togliere mordente alia
polemica sulIe lettere diTogliatti
che sono state strumentalizzate a
scopi politici all'awicinarsi della
scadenza delle elezioni. Ma oltre a
suscitare polemiche, le lettere hanno
riaperto ferite antiche mai cicatriz·
zate nel euore di tanti genitori,
mogli, sorelle, fratelli che hanno
invano aspettato i loro cari per 50
anni.
March 92
Frozen in time
When
the
exhibition
"Rediscovering Pompcii" was
shown at the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, it attracted so many visitors that tlie show had to be extended and the fin~l attendance was
over "350,000 • a record for the
museum. Following showings in
New York, Houston and Malmo,
this exciting exhibition now comes
to London, where it will be held at
the Accademia Italiana from 1st
April to 21st June, before continuing its European tour."
"Rediscovering Pompeii" focuses
on one of the most tragic' events in
history, not only revealing the scale
of the disaster that destroyed the
ancient Roman city, but also offering a fascinating insight into daily
life in the 1st century AD.. At the
same time, the exhibition illustrates
the radical advanceS made in the
field of archaeology in the last
decade and how the application of
sophisticated computer technology
has revolutionised the way the
buried past is interpreted.
On 24 and 25 August in 79AD,
Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted
burying Pompeii, Herculaneum and
the neighbouring villages. The town
was overwhelmed by poisonous gas,
tidal waves and earthquakes, and in
three days this prosperous commercial centre was buried under 15 fcct
of debris and most of the 20,000
inhabitants were killed. For nearly
2,000 years Pompeii was frozen in
time until it was accidentally discovercd in the mid-18th ccntury.
"Rediscovering Pompeii" will include some 200 Objects, many of
which have only recently been exca-'
vated and arc being exhibited for the
first time. These expose Pompeii as
a living city and include frescoes,
sculptures, jewellery, games and
ev~ryday household objects. While
the sculpture and the works of art
are particularly impressive, it is the
ordinary domestic objects - the
tweezers, the colanders, the pruning
hook, the needles, the money box,
Marzo 92
the dice, and the bowls still contain-.
ing olives, barley and figs which
reveal just how abruptly life ended.
The first exhibit and probably the
most poignant is the cast of the
bOdy of a young woman, "the Lady
from Oplontis", discovered as she
had fallen trying to flee the eruption. The cast is made of epoxy
resin, which 'unlike plaster, is semi·
transparent so that any small object
worn of carried by the victim is still
visible. Visitors will be able to see
that she is still wearing her bracelet
and her purse, containing coins,
rings and gems, is beside her.
The highlight of the exhibition is
the reconstruction of a frescoed
room found in 1979. The wall painting represent different garden scenes
and are among the finest and most
important examples of this particu.
lar type of landscape painting. The
portrayals of flora and fauna are
highly naturalistic, but closer examination reveals that the plants and
animals depicted would never have
actually coexisted. The paintings are
a fantastic and ideal construc!. of a
dream garden created by realistic
pictorial techniques.
As a coastal town, Pompeii was
influenced by foreign cultures and
religions as illustrated by a number
of objects found in the House of
Magic Rites. Of panicular importance is a bronze hand from the cult
of Sabazius, a god originally wor·
Shipped in Asia Minor, illustrating
the fluid tendencies of Roman reli·
gion in which different traditions
and beliefs were freely mixed. Other
sculptures include terracotta blocks
depicting the myth of Apollo and
Marsyas, a magnificent marble fountain head in the form of Oceanus,
and a group of marble reliefs
decorated with theatrical masks. Li~e
on a more basic level is revealed by
the inscriptions and gramti carefully
removed from the walls on which
they were casually scribbled nearly
two thousand years ago, intimate
messages of love, abuse, VUlgarity
F. Spirito
and friendship.
The discovery of Herculaneum in
1738 and Pompeii in 1748 had a
powerful impact on art and design
in the 18th century, giving impetus
to the emerging Nco-Classical·style
providing evidence of what ancient
art really looked like. These excava-
tions have continued to fascinate as
witnessed by the selection of early
photographS and etchings recording
the 250 years since the sites were
first unearthed.
Onc of the exciting features of
"Rediscovering Pompeii" are the 12
interactive computer terminals, sup·,
plied by IBM Italy, which enable
visitors to take an "electronic walk"
through Pompeii's forum, theatres,
villas and baths. Together; the anefacts and computer programs in
present a comprehensive picture of
the life, death and rediscovery of
Pompeii and the continuing effons
to interpret and restore the remains
of this once prosperous town.
Rediscovering Pompeii
Aceademia Ilaliana
24 Rutiand Gate, SW7
1 April- 21 June 1992
Monday - Sunday lOam - 6pm
Wednesday lOam - 8pm
Tel: 071 225 3474
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The only driver
There is a simple method of
achieving the right state of mind for
driving in Italy. Before you start
your car for the first time, sit in the
driver's seat, hold the steering wheel
and think the following "I am the
only driver on the road and mine is
the only car". It may be hard to
believe, especially after you have
seen Rome during the first week of
July or Milan during the rush hour,
but millions of Italian drivers
believe it and so can you. An Italian
driver's reaction to any encounter
with another vehiele is first, stunned
disbelief, then outrage. You don't
have a chance unless you can match
this faith. It isn't enough to say you
are the only driver, or to think it •
you've got to believe it. Remember,
your car is The Car; all others are
aberations in the divine scheme.
The Law: In Italy, as elsewhere; thc,,re are laws about no
entries, maximum permissible
speeds, which side of the street you
can drive on, and so forth. In Italy,
however, these laws exist only as
tests of character and self·esteem.
Stopping at a stop sign, for example,
is prima-facie evidence that the
driver is, if male, a cuckold or. if
female, frigid and barren. Contrarily,
driving throught a stop sign is proof
not only that you are virile or
fertile, but that you are a Person of
Consequence. This is why the Italian
driver who gets a ticket goes red in
the face, roars, wrings his hands and
beats his forehead with his fists, and
this is Why people come out of
nearby shops to snigger and point at
him; it isn't the fine. which is
ridiculously low, nor the incon·
venience - for most offences. you
simply pay the cop and he gives you
a receipt, but the implication that
he is after all, not quite important
enough to drive the wrong way
down a one·way street.
Remember, therefore: Signs. laws
and the commands of the traffie
policemen are for the lowly and
mean-spirited. Every Italian's
dearest desire is to be an exception
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to the rule - any rule. The only place
he can do it regularly is in his car.
The City Streets: The basie
rule of driving in Italian cities is:
force your car as far as it will go
into any opening in the traffic. It is
this rule which produces the famous
Sicilian four.way deadlock, iIIustra.
ted below.
C/ass/c SIci/ian
DecenenJle 4-
4.way dead/ock
way, dead/ock
Sharp study of the diagrams may
suggest that the Deadlock, Sicilian
or Degenerate, can be'broken if any
one of the cars backs up. That
brings us to another important pOint
about Italian city driving; you can't
back up. you can't back up because
there is another car right behind
you. If you could back up, and did.
you would become an object of
ridicule, for backing up breaks the
basie driving rule and suggests' a'
want of spirit.
The impossibility of backing up
accounts for some of the diffieulty
you will have in parking. Aside from
the fact that there isn't anywhere to
park. you will find that when you try
to parallel-park by stopping just
beyond the vacant space and backing
into it, you can't because that fellow
is still right behind you. blowing his
horn impatiently. You pOint at the
parking place, make gestures in-'
dicating that you only want to park.
He blows his horn. You can give up
and drive on, or you can get out and
go back and try tq get him to let you
park. This you do by shouting Per·
sonal Abuse into the window of his
car. One of three things will happen:
he may stare sullenly straight ahead
and go on blowing his horn (if this
happens. you're whipped, for no
foreigner can outsulk an Italian
Lu.ig.iPenna
driver); he may shout Personal
Abuse back at you; he may, especially in southern cities like Naples
or Palermo, get out of his car and
kill you, SUbsequently pleading
"delillo d'onore" (erime of honour),
which automatically wins in south·
ern Italian courts.
The parking problem ereated by
the backing-up problem ereates the
"Right-Lane Horror". At no time, in
an Italian city, should you drive in
the right.hand lane. One reason is
that Italians usually drive headfirst
into' parking speaces. Thus every
third or fourth parked car has its
tail end sticking out into the traffic,
making the right lane a narrow
winding lane. Unfortunately, the
centre lane has its hazard -, the
right-lane drivers swerving in and
out of the centre lane as they steer
around the sterns of half-parked
cars and double·parked cars (dou.
ble.parked cars run one-a-bloek
north of Rome and two·a·block
south of Rome. Italians double·park
only in four-lane streets; in six-lane
streets they triple.park). Right.lane
driving is further complicated by the
Italian style of entering from a side
street by driving halfway into the
first lane of traffie and then looking.
The way to deal with LaneSwervers and Cross-Creepers is to
blow your horn and accelerate
around them. If you make a careful
in.line stop when your lane is in·
vaded you not only expose your
social and sexual inadequacies but
you may never get moving again,
since you also mark yourself as a
weakling whom anyone can chal·'
lenge with impunity. While perform.
ing these dangerous gyrations it is
imperative to blow your horn., The
more risky the manouvre, the more
imperiously you must hoot, for all
Italian drivers accept the axiom that
anything you do while blowing youI"'
horn is sacred (horn-blowing, in·
cidentally, except in cases of serious
danger. is against the law in every
Italian city. I mention this because
you would never know it otherwise).
March 92
Elezioni technicolor
La Dccima Legislatura esce di
scena. Comincia la caccia al voto per
le elezioni che si terranno iI 5 aprile
e che potrebbera radicalmente cambiare iI vollo politico deU'!talia. La
campagna elettorale si preannuncia
intensa. Sara' una campagna a sfide
incraciate, con Craxi che fa I'occhiolino aUa DC, contro iI Pds di
Occhetto. Sara' questa la grande
novita' di queste elezioni: e' la
prima voila che iI Pds e Rifonda·
zione Comunista, i partiti emersi dal
vccchio Pci, si presentano agli elet·
tori, mentre e' la prima voila che
Giorgio La Malfa prcsenta iI "suo"
Partito Repubblicano come partito
aU'opposizionc.
Le novita' sono molte: inannzitutto si votcra' quest'anno a colori.
E si p.otra' indicare un solo nome di
preferenza invece dei tre nomi del
passato. La scioglimento delle
camere deciso dal prcsidente Fran·
cesco Cossiga all'inizio' di febbraio
ha segnato I'inizio di una lunga
cam pagna elettorale su cui,
quest'anno, grava I'ombra di una
recessione che avanza e di un debito
pubblico che si aUarga a macchia
d'olio. La firma di Cossiga sui
documento di scioglimemo delle
C3mere era ancora frcsca d'inchiostra e gia' era all'opera la poderosa
macchina buracratica per preparare
I'appuntamcnto del 5 aprile.
AI primo punto aU'ordine del
giorno, la presentazione dei contrassegni elettorali da inserire nelle
schcde di voto. Una novita' rispetto
al passato, ollre al colore dei con·
trassegni, sara' la lora posizione
neUa schcda che non dipendera' piu'
dal lora online di prcsentazione al
Ministera degli Interni ma verra'
cstratto a sorte. Si eviteranno cosi'
le scene tragicomiche con, inseguimenti e scontri degli anni passati
per essere i primi al traguardo e
avcre cosi' I'onore di cssere messi
in prima posizione suUa schcda, un
luogo ritcnuto privilegiato dagli
addetti ai lavori.
11 '24 febbraio e' scaduto iI ter·
Marzo 92
mine pcr la presentazione dei con·
trassegni che quest'anno sono
numerosissimi:, bcn 247 partiti vor-rcbcrro contendersi in Italia i favori
dell'elellorato, 120 dei quali sono di
ispirazione leghista. E' it numero
piu' alto di partiti di tutti i tempi,
fanno notare gli addetti ai lavori. I
Verdi hanno una ventina di Iiste,
una decina i "movimenti dei cilia·
dini".
E poi c'e' un firmamento infinito
di nuovi partiti: ben cinque Iiste
pretendono di rappresentare gli
automobilisti, quattro le casalinghe,
tre i cacciatori. Ci sono anche simboli "riesumati" dal passato, come
Andreolli • prcga per un riru/tato
I3vorcl'ole
quello dell'Uomo qualunque con
I'omino schiacciato SOllO un torchio
girato da due mani. In generale,
sono \'csprcssione della protesta del
popolo italiano pcr un immobilismo
politico che vede sempre a\ potere
le stcsse facce. E ancora it partito
del referendum, quello di "fascismo
e Iiberta' ", iI parlito dei "monar·
chici per I'Europa", con una corona
rcale in campo azzurro. E c'e' anche
un personaggio storico, Giovanni
dalle Bande Nere, che serve a dar
volto al partito della 'Rinascita ita·
Iiana'. Uno dei simboli piu' recla·mizzati e' queUo del "Partito
Belfagor
dell'Amore" che presenta iI visa
della pornostar Moana Pozzi
all'interno di un cuore rosso.
Numerosi anche i 'movimenti dei
cilladini', alcuni dei quali come iI
"Movimento Popolare Cristiano" si
fregiano del segno delle croce, in
dirella antitesi con la Democrazia
Cristiana, proclamando "In questo
segno vincerai". Ora tocchera' al
ministero dell'Interno decidere quali
contrassegni aCCCllare e quindi in-,
cludere nelle schede elettorali.
Entro iI 2 marzo si dovranno pre.
sentare le candidature per i partiti
scelti. Dal 4 marzo scallano le
tribune elellorali in Tv (solo di sera
dopo le 22) per cercare di convincere i 47 milioni e 600 mila elellori
a votare per chi vi partccipa.
Tra i candidati 'ecccllenti' spicca
la nipolina di Mussolini, AIcssandra, figlia di Romano Mussolini e di
Maria Scicolone, la sorella di Sofia
Loren. Si candidera', manco a dirlo,
nelle Iiste del MSI-DN, iI movi·
mento sociale italiano, a Napoli.
AIcssandra, allrice e medico, e'
decisa a tirar fuori quello che di
buono c'era stato nella polilica del
nonno. Moana Pozzi, si erge invecc
a difesa dei dirilli dei pensionati con
iI suo Partilo dell'Amorc. Vuole
dimoslrarc di avere del sale in zucca
a differenza di un'altra pornostar la
cui presenza a Montccilorio non e'
stata delle piu' incisive.
E' cominciata intanto anche in
Italia la guerra dei sondaggi.
Secondo uno di questi, pubblicalo
da Panorama, i socialisti dovrebbero
superare iI Pds, menlre la Dc si
porra' a\ primo posto con oltre iI 30
per cento dei suffragi, menlre it PSI
ne avra' iI 14,8 contro iI 14,5 del Pds
di Occhello. Ma anche le leghe,
secondo iI sondaggio, andrebbcro
forte con 1'11,1 per cento, mentre gli
altri partili reslerebbero a debita
distanza: 6,5 per il Pri, 5;3 per i
Verdi, 4,6 per Msi.Dn, e Rifonda·
zione Comunista, 2,6 al PIi e 0,8 a
Psdi.
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R.I.P.
DearFr.iend~
Sad news is always extremely
difficult· to voice and even more so
to pen, but as a second dear friend,
Maria Fontanclla in Dclla Tof-.
Cola, of our group - Figlie di Maria
- of the late forties, fifties and
sixties, has just passed away, a mere
few months after our dear, irre·'
placeable DolorcS Abrami, I know
the time has, come to share,a, few
thoughts with those of you from
that period.
Dolores spent the war years in
Italy mid returned to England with
DoloresAbmml
the rest of her family in 1946. From
the moment she joined us until
22nd February last (all of forty plus
years), she devoted time, energy and
her many talents unreservedly and
modestly, to the service of our
church. She was quietly here, there,
everywhere, always in the background, shunning any credit but
contributing so very, very much to
physically helping her neighbour
(even when sick herself), singing in
the choir, to the Figlie di Maria
(now sadly defunct), to bazaars,.
processions, concerts (of which we
G.Iovanna Servin.I.In Cardett.i
did so many in
those never to be
forgotten fifties
and sixties), to
St. Vincent de
PaUl- one could
go on and on.
When Dolores
died I somehow
''
could not put on
paper all the
feelings inside
me, because she
was such a close
and invaluable
friend, but with
dear Maria following her so'
quickly afterwards, as the result of
the same long suffering, agonising
killer disease, I knew I had to open
my heart.
Maria like Dolores, was one of
"us". The church was her, was and is
our, second home. We were there
most evenings during the week· and
practically all day Sunday. It was our
way of life. Maria was born just Sixty
years ago behind our beloved
church, as we all were, and like the
rest of us, wholeheartedly involved
with her friendly disposition and her
lovely singing for Weddings and in
the choir, and in all the aforementioned activities. Wc were a unique
family of girls and boys, of which
Maria was an integral part. She met
Miro della Toffola, a fine, upright
young m.an from Milan, married him
and left all .that meant so much to
her, to live with him in Italy. They
had three lovely children, Mario,
Marinella and Monica, who are now
adults of which their parents could
Marla Fontanclla - centre
be justly proud. How I feel for them
all in their pain and grief.
It is now thirty three years since
Maria left us to embark on a new,
very different life, yet it feels but the
other day, as we always kept in
touch. I still have all her childrens'
"Ricordi" of their first Holy Communion and Confirmation, with
messages from Maria tucked inside.
Obviously everybody has moved on
since those days, but there is a bond
between Maris, Dolores - all of "us"
• that the passing of time and the
spreading of wings cannot break.
Dolores and Maria will always be
remembered, they will always be in
our hearts. May they rest in well
earned and deserved peace. To the
rest of you my dear friends, my love
and prayers that God and Our
Blessed Lady keep you all in their
tender care.
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March 92
The Hill
Pinn Macs/ri"
Dear Readers.,
Over the many years of my
articles appearing in our BACKHIL,
, magazine, I am still pleasantly surpr-,
ised by how many of you 'Contact me
with regard to "Little Italy" and the
close family community of our
"Quartiere Italiano" that grew up in
the Clerkenwell, Finsbury and Holborn district and spreading further
afield as time went by.
1990, 1991 and now 1992 has
seen many contacts from students,
video and film makers, writers, journalists and librarians for interviews,
information and meetings.
Over the years I have met many
who have found the SUbject of "1\
Quartiere Italiano" very fascinating,
for most of my research is from
1850 onwards and I can proudly say
that I was born at No. SI Eyre
Street Hill in 1916. My first
memories at the age of five, starting
in school in Little Saffron Hill,
where there were between 400 and
450 boys and girls, about 75% of
whom were of Italian parents. The
remainder were Irish, English or
Greek, and as I grew so the community increased in size.
I wish to say that on many
occasions recently I have been asked
to reintroduce some articles from
the time I was first invited by our
Editor in November 1980 to write
for BACKHILL magazine (Time
/lies when your writing for" or editing, BACKHILL - ed).
With his permission I shall be
reproducing in future editions,
material from my collection of
BACKHILL since 1980.
P.S. To readers who had family
living in "1\ Quartiere Italiano"
from 1850 onwards and have photos
to back it up. If sent to me I will in
my research materials try to find a
connection. All photos sent will be
returned after pUblication in BACKHILL
The Tricoli Family
Through the courtesy of the
Doncaster family I am able to publish this photo of a family, well
known amongst the Italian elements
of Clerkenwell in the 1920 era.
The Doncaster family itself lived
in the area of Cold Bath Street,
Coldbath Square and the top end of
Great Bath Street and Farringdon
Road. I gather that many of the
family are still with us. I often sce
Charlie and his brother locally.
Families in the area in 1920 were
Oddi, Taiano, caliendo, Mariani,
Bencivenga" Santella, Busolini,
Gizzi, Impiazzi, Serafini, Esposito,
Mazzoni, Miserolli, Pasquale, Piacenti and of course, before my critics
say so, I could go on and on.
Anyway back to the photo presented by the Doncaster family. The
group of five brothers are sons of
Mr and Mrs Tricoli who to my
knOWledge lived in Summer Street
between Eyre Street Hill and Back
Hill; there were also two sisters.
The Father was an asphalter,
who worked with my father for
various firms, Limmer and Trinidad,
Lawford's, Ragus, as a spreader or
Portman, also many smaller asphalt
firms.
The eldest son was a firm friend
of my eldest brother and they were
good friendS of the Mamousellos
family in the area. To this very day I
often meet Manoli and Micky in my
travels around Clerkenwell.
To please some of the readers of:.'
BACKHILL I shall mention some
of the families in Summer Street:
Basiani, Esposito, Grassi, Rapacioli,
Amandini, Polledri, Lombardelli;
carini, N:lpolitano, Columbi.
One not to be forgolien on the
corner of Summer Street, Sam
Perella, the' supplier to the ice
eream makers of frozen ice bloeks.
Facing Sam's place in Eyre Street
Hill the Gunmakers Public House,
which by the way is still to this day
trading, pulling pints. Sam would
have a few drinks then at closing
time stand outside his shop and give
us a solo of "0 Sole Mio" which
others would join.,
To get back to the photo
(below), I shall give you the names
from left to right. 1. Harry Doncaster, then the Tricolis; 2.Nicholas; 3.
Michael; 4. Fodi; 5. Manoli; 6.
Dyonsius (Johnnie). I would like to
add two sisters namcs; Maria and
Stella.
Hoping this type of material will
inspire those who are interested to
contact me through correspondencs.
Ciao
Pioo Maestri.
FM
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"Doomster" /iJmity
Marzo 92
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Lettere
Whitewell Road
Belfast
N. Ireland
Dear Editor,
Da.iOOSt-I.!Iet-t-or.!
or overlooked is that advertisements
ete. by clinics would contravene
Irish domestic law and would be
liable for prosecution. If in an
ensuing, court P.earing a reference to
Europe was granted; -then, the E.C.
Court of Justince would have to
addr~ the matters which wcre not
ecamined in the previous case.
In its analySis of the ruling -the
Irish Times (3.10.91) quoted two
experts on European law from
University College Dublin who considered that in such a case,. a body
such as the Society for the Protec.
tion of Unborn Children (Ireland)
would receive a sympathetic hearing
from the Court.
Yours sincerely,
lovely card and calendar. As a child
of 11 until I was 14 years old I went
to St. Peter's Italian School, in the
days of Sister Margaret Cooly. I
lived in Albion' Dwellings in Back
Hill.
I am now 85. Some of my
relations were called Malangoni:
they had a cafe in 4ather Lane for
many years.
Lots of the names I have seen in'
BACKHILL remind me of my
.school days, Iikc Papa and Girolami.
I suppose many have gone. I do
hope I have not bored you but it is
nice to remember the past.
Thank you again
In reference to your recent news
item on the European Court of
Justice's ruling on the case brought
by the Society for the Protection of
Unborn Children (Ireland) against a
group of students who pUblished
names and telephone numbers of
British abortion centres.
Your readers might be reassured
to know that the initally worrying
reports of the jusgement, that British abortion clinics may be able to
advertise or contract agents in Ireland, are not as alarming as they
Carmela Harry
might at first appear.
Quite simply in this case there
Editor's Note: We were not at
Betty Gibson
were no commercial implications as
all bored and are, in fact, very
the student group were not affiliated
grateful that you have taken the
to any abortion business nor acting Burnt Oak
trouble to write to us. It is much
for financial gain. The judgement Edgware
appreciated. Hopefully, it will
therefore does not deal with clinics
encourage others to write to share
Dear
'Sir,
or their agents. What most media
with us their memories of "the
Thank you so much for the Hill".
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F.A.I.E. - Assemblca Storica
Domenica, 26 gennaio 1992, presso iI centro
Scalabrini, si e' svolta la Assemblea Generale della
F.AI.E., assemblea storica, presieduta 'per I'ultima
volta, dal Comm. Longinotti. Le Associazioni presenti
erano 28.
Dopo' le consuete presentazioni :------~-~di rito cd aleuni
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lavori di tipo prof·,.:
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cedurale la parola ~ .
ha passato al Pre·
sidente Longinotti.
I1 Presidente ha
spiegato le ragioni
del suo ritiro. La
prima ragione con·
siste nella salute
Comm. Longinom'
flSica. Citiamo tes·
tualmente: "Dopo I'infarto (anche se lieve), per la
prima volta nella mia vita, ho avuto paura. Non sono
piu' quello di prima. Mi rendo conto che sto invcc-'
chiando e che e' venuto iI momento di far posto' ai
giovani". La seconda ragione: "quando I'orchestra - ha
spiegato Longinotti • comincia a stonare bisogna
cambiare i musicisti". E, in nianiera ancora piu'
esplicita, "la F.AI.E. sta diventando un'arena di
mercanti". Evidentemente, sotto queste frasi, si cela,
per la F.AI.E., I'esigenza di un rinnovamento e di una
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maggiore dinamicita'.
In seguito, in Comm. Longinotti ha ricordato iI suo
operato in questi 14 anni: "Ho sempre lavorato
tenendo. prc;sente questo obiettivo: spezzare, all'interno
della F.AI.E., un rapporto basato su padroni e
padrini". In altre parole, ia F.AI.E. ha sempre cercato
di mantenere la propria autonomia e ha sempre
favorito la libera espressione delle singole associazioni.
Dopo un sentito applauso in risposta al suo
discorso,I'Assemblea haaccolto la proposta -di
nominare Longinotti presidente onorario della
FAI.E...
Si e' arrivato cosi', alle votazioni per la elezione del
presidente e, dopo, per la elezione del vicepresidente e
dei consiglieri dell'esecutivo.
I risultati:
Presidente - A Perotti
Vice Presidente • D. Ferrari
Consiglieri: Coltelli, Biasi, Rapa, Ballarini, Di Nardo,
Picciano, Basanese, Sanmarco, Matteoda, Sartori e
Mabea.
Ha ritirato la propria candidatura la signora Mutti
la quale ha ringraziato per la fiducia, ma ha declinato
I'invito dopo un servizio di 14 anni nell'esecutivo.
Auguriamo buon lavoro al nuovo Presidente e
comitato della F.AI.E.
Club Donne Italiane
Martcdi' 14 gennaio ha avuto
luogo I'Assemblea Generale del
CD.I., presenti oltre 120 signore tra
le quali iI primo Chairman Signora
Luciano di Leo, moglie dell'ex Console Generale di Londra, in visita a
Londra.
La Presidente del Club, Roberta
Mutti, ha dato iI benvenuto ai
presenti al centro Scalabrini, Brix·
ton Road, segnalando alcuni aspetti
delle attivita' del 1991 tra eui iI
lavoro per Bliss (organizzazione che
si occupa delle nascite premature) al
quale sono state destinate 40,000
sterline raccolte dal Club.
Altre attivita' hanno compreso iI
Torneo di Briscola, iI Quiz Night, iI
Gala Bingo (alia prcsenza della
Duehessa di Gloucester. e della Contessa Serena Attolico, consorte
dell'attuale Ambasciatore italiano).
In programma per iI 1992 ci sono
serate culturali, gite, opere di bene·
ficenza, feste cd una vacanza esotica
in Egitto.
Look out
for next
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March 92
Domenica 5· gennaio i soci dell'Associazione
Trinaeria sono stati convocati, a norma dello
Statuto, in assemlea generale.
La prcsenza e' stata nume£Osa anche perche' la
scelta della sede ha facilitato la partccipazione. La
maggioranza dei soci risiedono nelle ciuadine
dell'Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Bedfordshire e
Londra. La riunione e' awenuta a Cheshunt nei
locali del Bishop's COllege.
Ha dato inizio ai lavori il Prcsidente Comm.
Salvatore A1fano il quale ha p£Oseguilo con
un'ampia relazione sulle attivita' svolte durante iI
1991 tra le quali: I'apertura del primo Circolo
locale a Bedford; l'organizzazione di una maratona e un campionato di calcio a Bedford; assieme
al COmune di Croydon, l'offerta di una borsa di
studio per il corso di danza alla Signorina Ua
A1iu', la quale ha superato gli esami e conseguito
il diploma a COvent Garden.
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Le CWA sono le Catholie Women Association: sono quelle Signore che io, Don Russo,
chiamo le mie donnine. Hanno ancora la bellezza,
l'intelligenza, I'energia della gioventu', non
perche' per 10£0 la' gioventu' sia passata, ma
perche' non e' ancora arrivata I'anzianita'.
L'associazione fondata alcuni anni fa, non
facciamo nomi, comprende le nostre Signore che
preparano il bazaar, la Processione, si preoecupane delle Olimpiadi, non solo 10£0, ma appunto
con tutto il gruppo degli amici che sempre
partccipano alle 10£0 feste, dando iI 10£0 aiuto
economico non solo alla Chiesa, ma a tante altre
opere di carita' e mettendo sempre un cuore
generosissimo di entusiasmo in tutte le 10£0
attivita'.
Sabato 8 febbraio hanno organizzato un'altra
delle 10£0 stupende feste, il mangiare cccezionale
per qualita', preparazione· cd abbondanza, corn·
pagnia meravigliosa e simpatica, vino a fiumi,
musica degna di Pavarotti. La festa e' stata
organizzata per i lavori che si stanno facendo per
la Chiesa e la Casa canonica; le Signore cd i 10£0
amici hanno raccollo cinqueccnto sterline.
Ringraziamo tanto le nostre Signore e tuUi
quelli che hanno aiutato e partecipato.
Padre Robcrto Russo
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Marzo92
L'Associazione Nazionale A1pini, Sezione di Londra,
ha celebrato con iI suo consuetudine entusiasmo la
Veglia Verde
sabato 25 gen·
naio prcsso la
Sala della
Queen's Park
Community
School, Lon·
don
NW6.
Era n 0
numerose le
penne nere in
vista alia festa
che e' stata
allietata dalle
melodic
dell'orchestra
Vesuvio e dalla
c1assica cucina
mon tanara L~lpino piu' anziano, venulo per/ino
("polenta e dal Oilllcsperla fcsta.
tocio").
Da parte delle Autorila' italiane era presente iI Dou.
Paolo Carto~ci del Consolato.
Naturalmente si e' sentito anche iI co£o improwisato
di alcuni A1pini, iI quale ha cantato le arie popolari di
montagna.
Pcdina ha organizzato una bella serata sociale nei
nostri Jocali. E' stata in favore della 10£0 Chiesa. Anche
Pcdina e' ricca df fervore, di amicizia e di gene£Osila'. E'
una di quelle Associazioni che raecoglie i paesani con
tuue le tradizioni e con un grande affeuo ancora per la
loro Chiesa in Italia.
Non faecio I'elenco delle aUivila' che hanno organizzato, ma deside£O ringraziare iI buon euore di tutti,
specialmente di Anlonio Pe£Otti e Dino Birri. E' sueccsso
Cosi': ho comprato alcuni biglietti della loueria sperando
di vincere iI prime premio e cioe' un televisore, da dare
alia Phoenix House (e' una casa dove vengono curati
anehe diversi giovani ilaliani che vogliono uscire dalla
droga).
Purtroppo non ho vinto iI televisore, ma, quei due
cari amici, saputa la cosa, me ne hanno regalato uno.
Che Dio bencdica tuui voi, io vi ringrazio.
Padre Roberto Russo'
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Associazione Parmigiani Valceno -
February 8th 1992
Sonja Antoniazzi wrote to the Valceno Association
at the beginning of the year, outlining the work of the
Handicapped Children's Pilgrimage Trust in taking
"Buon AppellJ~o' from Osvaldo and the boj'S
physically disabled and mentally handicapped children
of all creeds and nationalities to Lourdes at Easter.
The Association had no hesitation in pledging the
proceeds from their February Ballo Liscio function at
Bishop Douglass to this worthy cause.
Pasquale and Vincenzo supplied the varied and
exciting music. Osvaldo Antoniazzi led his army
of Committee member Chefs in preparing a
selection of tasty food; polenta, sugo di funghi,
salsiccie, penne and a selection of sweets. Drury
Tea and Coffee supported the cause by donating
the coffee and Romano Silva manned the Gaggia
for 270 people that attended the function. An
enjoyable evening was danced away by enthusiastic ,and very capable couples. The generosity of
raffle prize suppliers and, ticket purchasers
ensured that at the end of the evening the
Association was able to present a cheque to
B~1I0
Liscio
Team Lea~er ;5teven Coyne for £3,420.00 for this year's
trip:to Lourdes.
The Association will follow up their Annual
General Meeting on Friday 6th March with a Ballo
Primavera
organised
jointly with
their Youth
Committee
on March
21st. They
hope to provide a balanced mixture
of music for
all ages and
once again
food will be
provided.
The Ballo
Primavera
will be held
once more at
Gishop Douglass and all
raffle proceeds will
provide a donation for training a guide dog for the
blind.
And now for something completely different .... I
have also been informed by Valceno Secretary Joh')
Belli that he is currently involved in talks with
SOlheby's regarding this Association sponsoring the
repair and renovation of one of St. Peter's Church
paintings.
Ouerrlno Fmnch;; John Bell;; Steven Coyne and
Sonja Antom3zzi
March 92
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(STUDIO LEGALE GRIFFINHOOFE)
SI AVVICINA ALLA CHIESA DJ SAN PIErRO
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news'1i-om Italy
crminati i festcggiamcnti pcr
he Tower of Pisa slipped five
iI bicentcnario dclla mortc di
hundredths of an inch further
Mozart, sono cominciati
away from the perpendicular
quclli per iI bicentcnario dclla nas· last year· 20 per cent more than it
cita di Gioacchino Rossini. Tra moved in 1990.
questi ullimi rientra iI riuScitoalles·
timento del "Tancredi" proposto
con grande succcsso di pUbblico al
teatro Comunale di Bologna.
WO councillors in Venice will
stand trial for allowing a Pink
Floyd rock concert in St.
Mark's Square in 1989 which smothcred the city in rubbish and damaged art trasures. It took the Army
three days to clean up litter left by
150,000 fans.
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Italia e' ancora l!l "quinta
potenza" industriale a livello
mondiale. E' quanto si rileva
dagli ullimi dati resi noti BruxelleS
dalla .CEE sull'evoluzione della con·
giuntura economica nei singoli partner comunitari, dati confrontati con
quelli degli Stati Uniti e .Giappone.
Secondo .Ie valutazioni della
commissione europea, nel 1991 iI
prodotto interno lordo italiano c'
stato pari a circa 921.4 miliardi di
Ecu (ollre un milione e 140 mila
miliardi di lire), supera quello sti·
mato per la Gran Bretagna (836.3
miliardi di ECu).
C
a
osimo Moschera, .35, was
arrested by police for extor·
tion against shopkeepers and
businessmen in the southern Italian
town of Reggio·calabria. The Mafia
boss, who was using blackmail as a
family business, was caught redhan.
dell with his wife and mother, after
sending faxes for payment to his
victims from a hotel in Sardinia.
Moschera had been exiled there only
a month ago after his release from
prison. Knowing that police would
bug his phone, he had takcn to
using the fax machine to blackmail
his victims. Every fax had the hotel
telephone number on the top.
Marzo 92
R
ichard Branson breezed into
Milan for the opening of his
latest Virgin 21st megastore
on the Pazza Duomo, next door to
the city's gothic cathedral. The in·.
evitable hot·air balloon and pop
groups ae<;?l1!panied Branso~ for
the 1,500 square metre store,op'cning. One of the store's main attrae- '.
tions is 40;headphone sets so that
customers may listen before they
buy.
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commuter trains crashed
head·on at the height of the
.
rush hour near Casa Bianca
on the outskirts of Rome, killing at
:Ieast six passengers and ijuring
about 125.. Firemen with cutting
wquipment freed injured passengers
:trapped inside the wreckage.
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WO
morto irilprovvisamente
aU'eta' di 69 anni, 10 scrit·
tore e giomalista Ccsare
Marchi. Nato a Villafranca nel 1922,
Ccsare Marchi aveva conseguito la
laurea in lettere. Aveva svolto la
professione di insegnante, prima di
avviarsi ill giornalismo collaborando
con, tra allri, la '''Domenica del
Corriere~', il "Corriere d'informa-'
zione" e "Ainica". Aveva pubblicato
numerosi libri, tra i quali "Boccae-.
cio", ul'Aretino", uGiovani delle
Bande Nere". La notorieta' di scrit·tore e' legata, in particolare, aUe
li italiani sono tra i piu" opere "Impariamo l'italiano" .e
longevi del mondo. Con una "Caro Montanelli".
durata media della vita di
73.9 anni per gli uomini e di 80.4
per le donne, sono al quarto posto
he ten-year investigation into
dopo i giapponesi 78 in media fra
the sinister Propaganda 2 free·
uomini e donne, norvegesi e svedesi .
masons' lodge, outlawed in
(77). Gli italiani sono anche una
1981 as a threat to state security,
delle popolazioni piu' anziane. Una
closed with the acquittal of its grand
persona su cinque ha piu' di 60 anni
master, Licio Gelli. The inquest
e fra tre anni il numero degli
linked P2 with almost every Italian
anziani superera' per la prima voila
political scandal in the past 20 years,
q uello dei giovani.
including the right.wing terroritst
outrages of the Seventies. Charges
were dropped against Gelli after
opo il 1991 di "magra", il '92
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si apeno per il turismo ita•. Switzcrland turned down an extra·
liano all'insegna dell'otti· dition order.
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mismo: le vacanze:del periodo nata-'
lizio, dal'I5 diceJllbre al 7 gennaio,
hanno movimentato 3.000 miliardi
di' spese turistiche dirette cd indotte,
secondo le prime stime della Fiavet.
10 milioni di italiani si sono messi
in moto, con permanenze superiori
alle 24 ore.
T
he former Italian monarch
Victor Emmanuel was cleared
in Paris of murdering Dirk
Hamer on the island of CavaUo,
Corsica, 13 years ago. In 1946 a
referendum sent the ex-king into
exile.
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In Cammino con Carmelo
Ecco, alcuni titoli dei giornali in
Italia:- "Salvatelo, sta morendo".
- Gli infermiera e i degenti "11
ragazzo rantolava sulla barella a
pochi passi, ma il medico ha detto
che non era di sua competenza".·
-. Una piccola folia si era riunita
intorno a Giovanni Silvestri agonizzante. E' accorso anche l'agente del
posto di polizia.
- Volevo soccorrerlo, non ho
potuto.
.-. La madre che ha superato gli
80 anni e' stroncata dal dolore:
"Mio figlio e' morto, la mia vita e'
finita" ha detto in
lacrime sulla porta
di casa.
Questo giovane
Giovanni Silvestri
era uno dei ragazzi
che io ho assistito
ed aiutato per vari
anni a Londra. Pur
trappo, anche lui,
era caduto in questo
grande tunnel della
droga. Ha tentato
varie voite di
uscirne ma sempre
con molta fatica.
Ricordo che
quando era nel carcere di Wormwood
Scrubs mi parlava
sempre della sua
vita futura. La cella
era tappezzata delle
foto di Sarah, la sua
bambina cd era
orgogliozo di questa
creatura. 10 sempre
gli ripetevo "Gianni,
hai una responsabilita' per questa
bambina. Ha bisogno di te, ora che
.sta' crescen<lo". E lui capiva che era
vero. Ma la droga 10 stava distruggendo e non riusciva a fare questo
passo di ritornare in Italia.
La povera' ma(\re ha fatto vari
viaggi a Londra a·~trovare suo figlio
ed io sono testi~onc di quanta
tenerazza ed amore ha sempre
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notrito per questo figlio, nonostante
tutti i guai e sofferenze che le aveva
causato durante tanti anni.
Non 10 ha mai abbandonato e
ricordo tutte le sue telefonate fatte a
me per avere sue notizie.
Finalmente era ritornato in Italia
e viveva con la sua mamma e la sua
bambina. In questi ultimi otte mesi
seguiva una clinica e proprio il
giorno che e' morto stava cercando
un posto di lavoro.
Non si sa' esattamente che. cosa
sia succcsso quella notte di giovedi'
6 febbraio. 11 ragazzo era uscito di
casa la sera e non era ritornato la
notte. La madre era prcoccupata,
cosi' pure la sua figlia di nove anni.
Ma inutili sono state le ricerche.
. Era arrivato al policlinico alle3
e mezza, trasportato da un'ambulanza. Aicuni pazienti dell'ospedale
avevano cercato di convincere i
medici che fuori dalla porta, disteso
su una barella, c'era un uomo che
aveva le ore contate. Perdeva bava
dalla bocca, rantolava. Finche' la sua
voce si· e' ridotta ad un gemito.. Lo
testimoniano le persone che gli
erano intorno. "Bastardi, aprite,
venite fuori, c'e' un uomo che sta
morrendo". Cosi' la gente, ha raecontato Francesco Coppini, urlava
battendo i pugni contro la porta
dell'accettazione. Tra gli altri,
Antonio Giammei, un autista della
Croce Rossa ha assistito alia morte
dell'uomo. "L'ho visto spirare, i
medici non arrivavano, iI dottore di
turno si e' rifiutato di uscire dal
reparto."
Dunque si puo' morire anche
cosi', stando cinque ore su una
barella, nell'atrio di un ospedale.
Appena saputo della suo morte,
sono corso in Italia a consolare la
madre. Sono stato insieme con lei
all'obitorio e poi ho celebrato iI
funerale nella basilica di San
Lorenzo, vicino al Verano. E' stata
per me una esperienza molto
dolorosa.
In quella madre addolorata ho
visto l'immagine della madonna, al
Calvario ai piedi del suo Figlio
Gesu'. Ho visto in lei tante mamme
che hanno fatto, e stanno facendo,
un vero Calvario che alia volte dura
quindici, vent'anni 0 piU'. In qucsta
bara ho rivisto tanti giovani che
sciupano e distruggono la loro vha
con la droga.
La morte di Givanni non sia
vana, ma possa parlare e scuotere
tanti giovani.
Siamo nel periodo della Quaresima, tempo di conversione e di
penitenza. Preghiamo perche' la
gioia e 10 splendorc della vittoria di
Cristo sulla morte e sui peccato
possa iIIuminare tutti noi. Tulli
questi giovani possano ritrovare un
senso profondo alia loro vita e
possano risorgere con Cristo in
questa Pasqua. E. tante Mamme e
Papa' possono' avere la consolazione
di vedere i propri figli guariti.
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Sono nati alla vita di Dio con il Santo Battesimo
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Riccardo Scrvini
Nice Pirroni
Grazia Rizzolo
Nicola Di Lello
Luisa Byskup
Fabio Coda
David Nicoli
Maddalcna Zolo
Barric Meadows
Eliana Lecccse
Riposano nella Pace del nostro Signore
Vittorio "Nano" Paradiso
Picrina SClVcnti
Luigi Sartori
Lino Ricci
Antonio Ramclli
Gcnovcffa Pesci
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Marzo 92
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Art Lives
Andrea Mantegna was born
in 1431 and died in 1506.
This man was born from very
humble stock in the district of
Mantova; and although as a boy he
was occupied·< in grazing herds, he
was greatly exulted by destiny and by
his merit. When almost fUll. grown
he was taken to the
city, where he
applied himself to
pain ting under
Jacopo Squareione, a
painter of Padova,
who having recognised the beauty of
his intelligence adopted him as his son.
Now
after
Andrea, who was
then no more than
seventeen, had painted the panel of the
high altar of S. Sofia
in Padova, Squareione was' commis-'
sioned to paint the
Chapel S. Cristofano,
which is in the
Church of S. Agostino; and he gave the
work to Nicolo' Pizzolo and to Andrea. Nicolo' made
therein a God the Father seated in
Majesty between the doctors of the
Church and these paintings were
held to be in no way inferior to
those Andrea exeeuted. But Nicolo'
had many enemies and one day,
when returning from work, was
attacked and slain by treachery.
Andrea, thus left alone in the
said Chapel, painted the four
Evangelists. By reason of this and
other works Andrea began to be
watched with great expectation, and
with hOpes that he would attain the
success which he actually did. attain;
wherefore Jacopo Bellini, the father
of Gentile and Giovanni, and rival
of Squarcione, contrived to get him
to marry his daughter. Hearing this,
Squareione fell' into such distain
against Andrea that they were ene-
Gjorgjo Vasarj
the ya.'!lti~g imd the walls appear
rathl\J:jlluminated than painted; a~d
the \-largest figures that are therem
are';.b'ver the altar, representing the
BaptiSm of Christ by S. John, with
many~people around, who are showing by~taking off their clothes that
they wi~h ~o be baptised.
'!mi'l!liJ[!";Ie~ :::l:"!F!'o:::.'l'
The while that
Andrea was working
in Rome, he painted a
little picture' of the
Madonna- with the
Child sleeping in her
arms. ·One of the last
works that he execu·
ted Was a panel-picture for S. Maria delll\
Vittoria, a church
built hi memory of the
Xictory on· the River
Taro. In this panel
there is pailJted the
Madonna wfth the
Child seated on a
pedastal; and below
are S. Michelangeto,
S. Aima and Joachim.
Andrea built a very
beautiful house in
Mantova for his own
use, which he adorned
with,
paintings
and enjoyed while he
Crocillsslone
lived.. Finally he died in 1506, at the
among other things that he wrought age of seventy·five and was buried
came into the hands of an Abbot of with honour in S. Andrea; and on
Fiesole, his friend and relative: a his tomb stands his portrait in
picture containing a half-length bronze.
Madonna with the Child in her
Andrea was so kindly and' prai.
arms. In a hall of the Palace of S. seworthy in all his actions, that his
Sebastiano in Mantova; he 'painted memory will ever live. This blastcr
the Triumph of Casaer, which is the showed painters a much better
method of forshortening figures
best thing he ever exeCuted.
He became so famous thereby from below upwards, which was
that Pope Innocent VIII, hearing of truly a difficult and ingenious invenhis excellence and painting sent for tion.
him, that he might adorn with his
An exhibition of Andrca
pictures the walls of the Belvedere.
Having gone to Rome he was recei·, Mantcgna's work is currently
ved lovingly by, that 'Pontiff and showing at the Royal Academy
straightway commissioned to paint a of Arts, Piccadilly utllil 5th
little chapel that is in the said place. April.
This he executed with diligence and
love, and with such minuteness that
mies ever afterwards.
He painted a panel, which was
placed on the altar of S. Luca in S;
Giustina, and afterwards he worked
in fresco the lunet that is over the
door of S. Antonino. In Verona he
painted a panel for the altar of S;
Cristofano and S. Antonio. And
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March 92
Old News?
"The time is fUlly come, the
Reign of God is at hand: repent and
believe the good news" (Mark 1:15)
The greatest temptation that
assails Christians is that in effect,
for most of us, the Gospel has
ceased to be news. And if it is not
news it is not Gospel: for the
Gospel is the proclamation of something absolutely new,
everlasting new, not a
message that was once
new but is now two
thousand years old. And
yet for many of us the
Gospel is precisely the
announcement of something that is not new:
the truths of the Gospel
are old, deep·rooted,
firmly established, un·
changing. The message
of the Gospel when it
was first preached was
profoundly disturbing to
those who wanted to
cling to well·established
religious patterns, the
ancient and accepted
ways, the ways that were
not dangerous and which contained
no surprises.
Repentance is at the same time a
complete renewal, a discovery, a new
life, and a return to the old, to that
which is before everything else that
is old. But the old and the new meet
by the hearing of God's word and
the keeping of it. That which is
oldest is also newest because it is
the beginning. "I am the Beginning,
and I speak to you". "I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the first and
the last, the beginning and the end".
The Jews were scandalised at Christ,
who spoke as if He were already
known to Abraham. The new is
within the old because it is the
perennial beginning of everything,
and emerges from the old, eternally
renewing its own life. The Gospel is
handed down from generation to
generation but it must reach each
one of us brand new, or not at all. If
Thomas Mer/on
it is merely "tradition;' and not
news, it has not been preaehed or
not heard. it is not Gospel.
Any word that comes from God
is news!
But our idea of news, the news·,
papers' ideaof news, might lead us
to believe that any word except what
came from God was news. As if·
But also the news of the Gospel
is more than a personal sUbjective
discovery. It is true that what is
known to all who have believed
becomes known to me also. But
more'ihan that: the Gospel looks 10
a future event that is still not
fulfilled '. the full revelation of the
Glory and the Reign of Christ. He
what was said by God had to be so
fIXed, so rigid that it could never be
anything new, never unpredictable,
never frightening. If there is no fear
in revelation, no challenge in it, if it
is not a world which crcates new
beings, new creature, our new self,
then religion is dead and God is
dead. Those for whom the Gospel is
old, and old only" have killed it for
the rest of men. The life of the
Gospel is its newness.
Those who preach the Gospel as
if it were not and could not be news
are saying in their own way that
uGod is dead".
What makes the Gospel news?
The faith, which is created by God
and with which we hcar it as news.
This acceptance of faith, this new
birth in the Spirit, opens up a new
dimension in which time and eter·
nity meet, in which all things are
made new: eternity, time, our own
self, the world around us.
reigned already, but His reign is not
yet manifcsted as it will be. Yet this
brings another temptation: the false
news of those who have too much of
a message. They have the date and
the hour of His coming. The second
coming is their news.
Such news is not to be believed.
The Gospel itself is much simpler.
Now is the judgement of the world,
the newest of all news.
The Gospel is the news that, if I
will, I can respond now in perfect
freedom to the redemptive love of
God for man in Christ. That I can
now rise above the forces of
necessity and evil in order to say
"yes" to the mysterious action of
Spirit that is transforming the world
in the midst of the violence and
confusion and destruction.
Let us not underestimate our
era, the era of disaster and fulfil·
ment by calling it "interesting".
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Eurofocus
nofjzje deIIa CBE
gine. Ma anche se i beni sono
detenuti nella piena legalita', non
potranno essere trasportatl fuori dal
territorio della Comunita' senza pre·
via autorizzazione.
Aiuti regionali
11 benessere della comunita' deve
essere distribuito secondo i bisogni
di ogni regione, ma in ogni caso non
e' una' questione di pagare iI cOsto
intero di ogni progetto ma di farne
una contriblizione.
Dopo Marsiglia, Londra,
Bruxelles, Madrid anche i quartieri
degradati di altre sette citta' euro·'
pee riceveranno aiuti dalla Com-~
unita'; per esse, infatti, nello scorso
dicembre, la Commissione ha deciso
di stanziare un totale di 22 miIioni
di Ecu. In media, gli aiuti
copriranno circa iI 60% dei costi dei
diversi progetti di ristrutturazione.
Per Lione,. Copenaghen e ad
Alborg (Danimarca) si trattera' di
ristrullurazioni urbanistiche; iI
risanameto del centro storico interessera' Lisbona e Salonicco (nel
Nord deUa Oreeia); la tutela
dell'ambiente avra' invece la precedenza a Belfast (Irlanda del Nord)
e 10 sfruttamento di una tradizione
locale (la ceramica) e' iI tema prin.
cipale di un progetto relativo a
Stoke, in Inghilterra. TUlle queste
rcalizzazioni locali serviranno da
esempio per altri progetti, per
quelle, cilla' che devono affrontare
problemi analoghi.
La pesca marittima
Aerei rumorosi
AI 1 aprile 2002, gli aerei
rumorosi ancora in circolazione dov.
ranno sprire dagli aeroporti della
Comunita'. Questi aerei, che hanno
ricevuto I'autorizzazione di volare
tra iI 1969 e iI 1977, sono stati
condannati da una "Iegge europea"
adottata alia meta' dello scorso
dicembre dai ministri dei trasporti
dei DOdici. Oli aerei piu' vccchi
sono vietati nella Comunita'gia'~ dal
1989,~ In un primo tempo, la nuova
"Iegge" prevede che gli aerei con
motori .rumorosi se vogliono con·
tinuare a frequentare gli aeroporti
!Iella Comunita'.. dal 1 aprile 1995
dovranno uniformarsi alle regole
acustiche . internazionali. Dal 1995,
dovrebbe quindi diminuire I'inquina.
mento acustico nelle zone intorno
agli aeroporti. Solo qualche aereo
dei paesi del Terzo Mondo potra'
L'ora legale
11 Parlamento europeo accctta ancora beneficiare di deroghe.
volentieri iI rinnovo dell'attuale sis·
tema dell'ora legale per gli anni
Tesori nazionali
1993194, come ha proposto la Com.~
missione alia fine dello scorso
L'abolizione delle frontiere non
luglio. Ma in un emendamento dovra' lasciare senza protezione i
approvato alia meta' di dicembre, ha capolavori e i beni culturali e per
ehiesto ehe la Commissione questo la Commissione ha sottoorganizzi un diballito pUbblico sulle posto una proposta per conciliare iI
ripercussioni dell'ora legale nei set· principio della libera circolazione
tori energetico, ambientale e sani· dei beni culturali nel grande mertario. L'ora legale, in vigore in tutta cato di 1993 con la legittima' pro·
la Comunita' dal 1980, sembrava tezione dei'tesori nazionali.
destinata ad' economizzare I'energia;
Innanzitutto, alcune categorie di
i benefici del sistema sono stati beni eulturali ehe si trovano iIIecita·
pero' contestati, mentre le inehieste mente sui territorio di uno dei paesi
mostrano che essa gode del favore della Comunita', dovranno essere
restituiti allo Stato membro d'ori·~
dei cittadini.
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La politica comune della pesca
(PCP), awiata nel 1983 dalla Corn·
missione europca, non funziona
bene. Destinata a ripartire le risorse
~ittiche tra~ i 'paesi membri e a
salvaguardarle, essa non, e' tuttavia
in grado di soddisfare ne' i pescatori
ne' i consumatori di oggi e di
domani. Questo e' il triste bilancio
della Commissione europea,.
apparso nel primo rapporto d'in·~
sieme sulle prospellive della pep,
pubblicate all'inizio dello scorso
dicembre.. Per riprendere in mano la
silUazione, la Commissione ha pro·
posto ai Dodici alcuni orientamenti
per i prossimi dieci anni: le parole
d'ordine dovranno essere responsabiIita', controlli, incentivi e aiuti
regionali.
A forza di pescare e di pescare in
modo intensivo, nelle acque comunitarie i pesci commestibiIi si fanno
relativamente rari: la PCP ha ripar.
tito le risorse ittiche tra i Dodici ma
le autorita' nazionali non sempre
dimostrano la ferma volonta' di
applicare le regole europee. Risul·
tato: si pesca troppo e si pescano
anehe pesci di cui non si sa ehe fare.
Per gli anni ehe andranno dal
1993 al 2002, la Commissione ha
suggerito di ridurre la pesca e I'im·
portanza delle notte, di rendere piu'
competenti i funzionari e le organi.
zazioni professionali responsabili
della corretta applicazione delle
regole europcc e di intensificare i
eontrolli rieorrendo alle piu'
moderne tecnologie; la Commis·
sione prevede anche. un sistema di
liccnzc per i pescatori, inccntivi
finanziari per la "buona condotta"
cd aiuti alle regioni che dipendono
dalla pesca.
March 92
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Italia Fisica
Maria de Lioa
Da qucsto mcsc lDIZIamO ad illustrare alcuni aspetti fisici
dcll'Italia, partendo dai vulcani. Il prima che trattiamo e' il
Vesuvio, cbe e' situato nelIa provincia di Napoli, in Campania.
Nel corso della seconda fase
orogenica cbbero inizio i fenomeni
vulcanici del Napoletano. Essi si
manifestarono con le eruzuioni sot·
tomarine di Ischia e in scguito si
estesero alia wna flegrca e poi alia
wna del Somma - Vesuvio.
Quest'ultimo, costituente iI ccleberrimo vulcano partenopco, cui.
mina attualmente in due cime di
diverse mole e conformazione ma
sorgenti da una base comune, e cioe'
iI Monte Somma e a sud iI Gran
Cono 0 Vesuvio propriamente detto
e alia cui cima si apre I'attuale
cratere. Esso, perfettamente isolato
dalla circostante catena appenninica,
si specchia nelle onde del golfo
patenopeo col occ pendio del suo
versantc mcridionale circondato da
innumerevoli abitati, ville e giardini.
L'altezza mass!ma del Somma c' di
m 1132; quclla del Vesuvio c' di m
1270 circa.
II circuito dell'antico cratcre del
Somma dovcva misurare all'incirca
11 km; qucllo dell'attuale cratcre del
Vcsuvio e"di circa 1.5 km.
Nella storia eruttiva del sistema
vcsuviano sono stati individuati
quattro grandi periodi separati da
rclativamcnte lunghe calme eruttive.
II Vcsuvio propriamcnte dctto rapprcsenta I'edificio costruito nel
corso del quarto pcriodo, ossia
I'attuale. La causa dei risvegli erut-,
tivi del vulcano viene attribuita ad
aumento del tenore in aeriformi del
magma.
La prima eruzione storicamcnte
ricordata del Vcsuvio c' quella del
79 d.e., dcscritta nelle famose due
lettere di Plinio iI Giovane , e di 16
anni postcriorc a un violentissimo
terremoto che devasto' la regione.
In consequenza della formidabile
eruzion vennero distrutte e sepolte
le citta' di Pompei, Ercolano, Stabia
e altri ccntri minori. Dell'attivita'
vcsuviana succcssiva si hanno solo
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spor;ldiche e scarse notizie.
direttamente dalla bocca ternminale,
L'eruzione del 1631 segna I'inizio si ebbe la dislruzione di circa 2/3
di un profondo mutamento nel suo degU abitati di San Sebastiano al
comporlamento eruttiva: alia pre. Vcsuvio c di Massa di Somma,
cedente discontinuila' delle manifes· nonche' iI ricoprimento di estese
tazioni subentra una continuita' con aree coltivate.
andamenti eruttivi svolgentisi
La seconda fase, detta delle fon·'
secondo un precise ordine.
. tane laviche, e' stata caratterizzata
Alia fine del violento parossismo da violenti ripeluti sollevamenti
dell'aprile 1906 si delermino' nel della colonna ignca fine a oltre un
Vcsuvio una voragine craterica. Sui chilometro di altezza. Durante talc
fondo del cratere si ebbero sin dal fase i proietti, che raggiunsero le
maggio 1910 ripeluti scoscendi.
menti, che non solo prcannun.,
ciarono la ripresa dell'attivila' erut·
tiva, ma indicarono anche I'approssi.,
mativa ubicazione della futura
bocca. L'inizio del nuovo periodo
eruttivo si verifico" iI lugUo 1913.
Nella successione delle manifesta·
zioni si riscontro" la ripetizione
ordinata dei seguenti fenomeni:
pause eruttive con emissione di soU
fumi; ripresa di lanci piu' 0 meno
copiosi di scorie con consequente piu' alte quote per azione del vento
formazione 0 ricostruzione di un furono lrascinati nella wna di Angri
conetto; fratturazione del conetto, e Pagani.
Nella terza fase, detta delle
accompagnati in generale da emis·
sioni di colale laviche e da rinforzi csplosioni miste, i lanci furono cos·
nei lanci; successiva alternanza nei tituiti da proietti scuri e incandes.
due tipi di attivita' csplosiva cd cenli e si nolO" una sempre crcs·
effusiva sine a raggiungere una cente prevalenza di cenere. .Sotto
nuova depressione nell'attivila'. La I'azione dei venti superiori le ceneri
successione delle fasi intercorrenti furono convogUate fine a notevole
fra due nuove fratturazioni del con· distanza dall'asse eruttivo: caduta di
etto costiluisce un intervallo erut· cenere fu osservata difatti anche in
Albania, circa 500 km.
tivo.
La quarta fase, detta sismo·
Nei primi anni si e" nOlato in
generale un graduale aumento nella csplosiva, con ripetizione intermit·,
copia delle lave emesse duranle i lenle di crisi sismiche cd csplosive a
singoU intervalli eruttivi. Dopo iI intensita' decresccnti sino alia som·
gennaio 1944 continuarono, efOussi pleta scomparsa. Invero anche in
intracraterici per circa un mese. seguito continuarono fenomeni sis·
L'eruzione del marw 1944 incomin· mici isolati.
La saUta al Vcsuvio oCfre inter·
ciata con la brusca riapertura del
condotto, presento' fenomeni netta· esse eccczionale per tutti, sia per
mente distinguibili e cronologica. I'osservazione dei fenomeni vul·
canici, sia per iI panorama affas·'
mente, in quallro fasi.
Durante la prima fase caratteriz· cinanle su NapoU, iI suo golfo e iI
zata da vistosi efOussi sgarganti suo relroterra.
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Arena Musicale
Brrr...can it gct any colder I ask
myself? I feel like one of thc
bohcmiens in La Boheme in thcir
garret room trying to keep thcmsclves warm. All I nced now is my
Mimi to knock at my door. We livc
in hopc.
Until thcn thesc are just thc
nights for staying in and wrapping
your ears round your speakers listcning to somc good music:
Mozart's penultimatc work "La
Clcmcnza di Tito" has until latc
never been given thc rccognition it
deserves. For mc it's one of thc
most tuneful dramatic works he
produced. Truc, thcre are many
sccco recitatives which move the
plot along and these do tend to drag
on a bit,. but it is now thought that
Mozart's pupil, Anton Sussmayar,
wrote them whilst Mozartwas busy
on other works.
The new recording by John Eliot
Gardner should hclp to establish it
as a work that is both musical and
dramatiC: His orchestra is thc English Baroque Soloists, an authentic
instruments band, and pcrformances
do thcy produce! No puny string
sound hcre but full red blooded
phrasing and a nice tangey sound
from the violins. Thc wind scction,
too, produces a full warm tone with
the benefit of crisp shaping of notes
the more modern instruments arc
unable to achieve.
The singing is first class as well.
As Vitellia, Julia Varady demonstrates a wide vocal range in terms
of both singing and characterisation;
her aria "Non piu' di fiori" bcing a
highlight. Notable too is Anne Sofie
Von Otter's rendition of the famous
mczzo aria "Parto, parto" with it's
Clarinet obligato. Hcr voice copes
easily with the coloratura, evcn and
warm in it's rangc. The tcnor
Anthony Rolfe Johnson in the titlc
role is a tower of strength. The tone
a little too, well, English for my ears
but he really gcts under the character's skin.
My first choice for this work
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Mario Renzull0
would still be the Kertesz on Decea
with Maria Casula a stunning Vitellia but for those who want authentic
instruments do not hesitate, Gard-'
ner will give much pleasure.
Something else that has given me
pleasure over the years has been
Volume 4 of th EMI series "The
Record of Singing". This last
volume deals with recordings from
1939 to the end of the 78 era. At
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Italian girls who are moving. From
Sydney the very underrated Joan
Hammond, a spinto the likes of
which England still has to prodUce;
from the U.S.A, Florence Quar-.
tararo in Handel's "Carc selvc" will
spOil you for any other vcrsion, the
voice like pearls being dropped into
a clear stream; Eleanor Stebor
another U.S. spinto who sings
"Depuis le jour" by Charpentier
with such charm and style. The
German school too has its winners
from the young Schwarzkopf to
Ljuba Welitsch in "Rilorna vincitor", that young tangey vibrant tone
that was unique to her. 1 could go
on and on and I haven't even
touched on the men singers like
Gigli, Gobbi, Christoff, Taglianini,
Bechi, Zhadan, Frick, Bjorling, Merrill. Again I could go on and on.
This sct is a must for lovers of great
singing and style. A set to dip into
over and over again.
Coming more up to date, a
recital from the early 70s from Anna
Moffo. At the time she was having
some vocal trouble with a tendaney
to wander from pitch. But still, what
a charming singer she could be. A
mOSI moving "Senza mamma" from
Suor Angelica, lovely "Je vcux
vivrc" from Gounods "Romeo e
Juliellc" and dramatic "Vissi d'arte".
Pretentions to the spinto here but
for me the winner is a song from a
musical "The Kissing Bandit", called
"Love is where you find it" with a
Spanish bolero feel. Sheer overthe-top camp this, but Moffo points
it wilh such fun you'll be jigging
your hips around the room. In fact,
whal beller way to keep warm? .So
cxcuse me, I'm off to warm up!
"Love is where you find it..,"
last EMI have put it out on seven
mid price CDs in a handsome box.
For the CD issue wc also have
bonus tracks, one of which is from
Sara Scuderi who, if any of you sho
saw the documentary "Tosca's Kiss"
a few years ago about the Casa
Verdi (the retirement home Vcrdi
left for impoverished musicians), left
a lasting impression for many when
she was filmed at over 80 singing
"Vissi d'arte" outsidc her room. The
voice still full and vibrant. Who of
us was not in tears at this? In this
set wc are given "Donde Liela"
from Boheme and what a winner it
is! The voice so beautifUlly played
and so full of meaning. Hers is nOI
thc only moving item, so many to
choose from, in fact: the young
Recordings:
La Clemenza di Tito.....Eliot
Tebaldi from 1946 with that spinto
tone, so pure and free; Gabriella Gardner ARCHIV 431 806·2
Record of Singing Vol. 4.....EMI
Gati in a song by Bellini which is
spun like a fine web; Margherila CHS 7697412
Anna Moffo.....EURODISC GD
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29
Sportslight
Over the past 15 years, Sports
Administrators have often been the
subject of adverse comment by your
correspondent. Those running
Rugby Union have been accused -of
not having caught up with ·the 20th
Century and we are nearly in the
21st; Tennis has unquestionably suf·
fcred from its leniency and tolerance
of its superstars and their excesses;
Slcwarl - balling a/onc?
Football has an illogical rift between
the Association and the League
which has produced a halr'baked
premier league and a fll(!ure com·
mitment which inevitably reduces
the effectiveness of the national
side. This month it is the turn of
Cricket.
It is .very easy to sit in an· ivory
tower and.pass down lofty criticisms
of those in officialdom when often
they give. of their time out'of pure
love' for the sport. Unfortunately,
the problem is often caused beeause
the game is played by professionals
but run by amateurs. Early on in the
history· of Backhill,' yourcorrespondent had to tackle. and comment
30
upon the Packer dispute. More
recently, there was the umpiring
dispute in Pakistan involving Gat-.
ting and then his subsequent dismissal as England captain the following
summer'over· what has become
known as the ·"barmaid im,ident".
These events clearly highlighted the
problem for administrators, particularly those on the spot in a foreign
land, as to whether they should
support their players or remember
their overall responsibility to the
game. This is not a modern pro·
blem. History now opines that Plum
Warner, the England manager, on
the infamous "Bodyline Tour" in
the .305, demonstrated a loyalty to
his captain when in fact a firmer
hand to prevent the excesses of leg
theory may well have prevented the
escalation of a little local difficulty
into an international diplomatie cri·'
sis.
In Pakistan, it was felt that Peter
Lush and Micky Stewart had sup·
ported Gatting and his players in a
situation in which no matter what
the provocation, the England cap.
tain had publicly challenged, if not
threatened, an umpire during the
course of a Test Match. The sub·
sequent bonus offered by Ramon
Subba Row when he travelled over
from England, caused further legiti~
mate concern over the jUdgment of
those involved.
The tendency to side with the
players is a criticism which has been
levelled again at Mieky Stewart over
the David. Lawrence affair. On this
oeeasion, however, I support him
entirely and feel that he has not
received from the team manager the
sort of support which the situation
warranted.
For those of you who are un~
aware of the facts, Lawrence, a
popular and genial giant was pound.
ing in to bowl when his left kneecap
fractured causing him to collapse on
the ground in absolute agony. It has
been said by many experienced
observers that they have never seen
.R.ic.l.iardEvans
someone in so much pain on a
sportsfield before. There was natural
concern for his well being and when
the players helped Lawrence to be
stretchered off the field through a
narrow exit they found their path
blocked by a ~ew Zealand camera·
man desperate to obtain phqto.
graphs of someone else's misfor·
tune. Lawrence called out to his
colleagues "to get the vultures
away" or words to a similar effect
whereupon MickyStewart left the
cameraman,in no doubt about what
he thought of him. Unabashed, the
Kiwi photographer moved out of
the way but only to another vantage
point from which he could take his
pictures. He was pursued by England wicket keeper, Jack Russell,
who not insignificantly had known
Lawrence since their earliest school·
days.
Accusations flew; the cameraman
had been abused and molested. This
prompted a day's worth of negotia.
tions between the New ZCaland
television authorities and Bob Ben·
nett, the team manager. The English
newspapers reported the text of a
letter which Bennett eventually sent
to the media executives. He felt sure
that in this emotional, situation
people had behaved in the heat of
the moment. If it was not an
apOlOgy, it was the closest thing to itand stressed the desire of the Eng.
land team to keep up their good
relations with the press. A fortnight
later on, it would appear that the
letter has done the trick insofar as
nothing more is being said about the
incident. But what is the effect on
Micky Stewart (who must, at least
by implication, have been criticised
in his own Manager's letter) and the
rest of the England team? In my
opinion this was an oeeasion in
which the powers that be should
have weighed in with their full
support for the reactions of the
coach and players.
I would have been tempted to
write to the television authorities to
March 92
I
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say that the most important thing
was that David Lawrence was recovering wel1 from his operation and
doubtless the photographer would
be pleased to hear that piece of
news. I would have stressed that one
could never condone violence under
any circumstances and one expected
the highest standard of behaviour
from anyone within the England
party at al1 times. I had made these
views known to al1 concerned. By
the same token, I was sure that the
television authorities would expect
the highest standards of professional
integrity in their own employees and
would wish to ensure that these
were maintained especial1y in circumstances in which actions could
be interpreted as an unwarranted
intrusion into private anguish which
might cause distress to the victim's
family back at home. I would have
suggested that, on both sides, the
parties should reiterate to those for
whom they were responsible that the
highest possible standards of behaviour and professional integrity were
expected of them. This would be the
best way of ensuring good relations
between the media and players
which was the strong wish of the
English team.
Unfortunately, I did not read
into the actual letter which was sent
any suggestion of criticism of the
behaviour of the photographer in
question who by al1 accounts was
total1y impervious to Stewart's legitimate and strong rebuke.
There is only one thing for it
now, England must go and win the
World Cup Down Under..
Indeed, we have an exciting year
ahead of us, quite apart from the
Cricket World Cup, there are the
Olympic Games and the European
Footbal1 Championship.
I must confess that I thought
England, especial1y once Lineker
was dropped, would come desperately unstuck against the rampant French at Wembley. I was
pleased they had reverted to a
sweeper formula and introduced
Jones at ful1 back. I was less confident about the choice of Keown
instead of the injured Parker, at the
back, but pundits said that he had
Marzo 92
pace and by all accounts had a good
game.
My concern was with the England mid"field and attack. There was
a desperate need for some
experience in the middle and up
front. I am undecided about Webb
and Thomas being truly inter-
How longmust Waddle wait?
national class but have to accept
that the injury to Platt greatly
reduced the manager's options. The
feeling that Bryan Robson had been
discarded too soon and thereby
prompted to retire from the inter-.
national scene was reinforced by the
very cogent opinions expressed by
Alan Hansen on Sky television the
night before the match. It was easy
to see why Hansen had such an
influence on the Liverpool side
during their cup and league winning
years.
Up front, I was naturally sorry
that Smith was injured and one
could not dispute the choice of
Shearer but was it wise to play
another new face in David Hirst
plus Nigel Clough all at the same
time? It is surely vcry significant
that when Lineker came on at half
time the England performance was
transformed. I for onc, however,
would be happier if Waddle still
featured as part of the England set
up.
Finally, mention must be made
of another sporting event which is
rapidly approaChing - the 1992 Martell Grand National.
Part of the fun is trying to pick
the winner at an early stage. Indced,
this particular LIRA member,
enjoys starting to study the form on
the train back from Liverpool each
year. This will be the twelfth· year
that the Association have. made
their pilgrimage to Aintree. Over
that period of time, a pattern has
emerged about the sort of horse to
look for as a potential National
winner. More about that next
month. It is unwise to be too
dogmatie in ones views until after
Cheltenham. When the weights were
announced, however, two horses
caught the eye, COol Ground and
Killone Abbey, the latter being priced at 40-1 in spite of winning last
year's Scottish National. Arthur Ste·
phenson's horse had his first run last
Saturday in the Eider Chase at
Newcastle. Sad to report, that the
horse was not only pulled up but so
severely injured himself that he has
had to be put down. The curse of
Evans· has struck again!.! The first
rule of having any ante"post punt is
to ensure that your horse makes the
starting line. As LIRA members will
tell you, this is not the first time
such a thing has happened to your
correspondent!!
31
Tennis Review
Last year finished on a high note
with Omar camporese defeating
lvan Lendl at Rotterdam, thus
recording Italy's third Grand Prix
Final Tournament success of the
year (two more than any previous
year since 1977).
Clf;]"~ Ita(y~ no.
2
1992, started even better with
Italy defeating match favourites
Spain in the Davis Cup with cam.
porese defeating both Bruguera and
Emilio Sanehez, caratti also win·
ning a singles and Nargiso and
camporese the doubles. Just over a
fortnight later camporese captured
the Grand Prix title at lyIi1an. He
had beaten Ivanisevic in the final
and Cherkasov in the semis and was
improving his computer ranking
from 24 to 18 but, I feel, we may
even see the 23.year.old Bolognese
seeded at Wimbledon this year as he
continues this surge of improvement. camporese has always been a
player who promised much with a
good serve and voIley game combined with steady baseline play but
until the end of last year rarely
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delivered, spending many tourna·
ments pushing opponents like
Becker, Lendl and Courier to deciding sets in quarter and semi-finals
without winning. Then came the
success against Lendl and suddenly
camporese is a genuine prospect to
break into
the World's
top ten.
Gianlucca
Pozzi also
spent the
final six
months of
last year improving his
World ranking culminat·
ing in victory
at the Grand
Prix tourna-'
ment in Bris·
bane. He has
been c1assi·
fied as boring by some
observers
with
his
defensive
baseline
method of play, but it was good
enough to push him up to take over
as Italy's no. 2 player during Decem·
ber. Poor Cristiano carati had stor·'
med through the early part of 1991
as Italy's leading player, but then
injury and a speIl of national service
severely interrupted his progress and
he tumbled back down the corn·
puter. However his Davis Cup per·
formance showed he is back with a
ven-geance and if he can regain his
former ranking, Italy will have two
players in the WorldS top twenty for
the first time since Barazzutti and
Panalla achieved the feat back in
1977. Paolo cane', we hope, has
finaIly sorted out his back problems
and remember this man, too, was
hovering around the top twenty
when injury struck. The man has the
class if fit enough, but with the
above mentioned players all raising
Jonn ReIli
the standard of the Italian game he
will nced every ounce of mental
reserve to overcome the national
competition. Renzo Furlan" almost
unnoticed, crept up the rankings
with consistent tennis throughout
the year and at one point was close
to ending the year ahead of both
caratti and camporese. Stefano
Pescosolido, another junior world
champion, as was Diego Nargiso,
has also started to improve at a rate
of knots. Although Nargiso seems
stuck around the no. 100 spot on
the computer in singles, his doubles
play is of the highest order. Overall
then, a lot of promise but cam·
porese is now delivering, something
Italian Tennis has lacked for the
past few years. He should lead Italy
to victory over our next Davis Cup
opponents Brazil and into the semi·,
finals, probably against the holders
France.
For our readers who are into
statistics, at time of print the World
and Italian Top Ten according to
BACKHILL are as follows:
World:
1. Jim Courier (USA)
2. Stefan Edberg (Sweden)
3. Guy Forget (France)
4. Boris Becker (Germany)
,5. Michael Stich (Germany)
6. lvan Lendl (Czechoslavakia)
7. Pete Sampras (USA)
8. Michael Chang (USA)
9. Andre Agassi (USA)
10. David Wheaton (USA)
Italian:
1. Omar camporese
2. Cristiano caratti
3. Gianluca Pozzi
4. Renzo Furlan
5. Stefano Pescasolido
6. Diego Nargiso
7. Claudio Pistolesi
8. Paolo cane'
9. Massimo Cierro
10. Francesco canccIlotti
March 92
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Italsport
Sandro Pratoll
Calcio: 11 presidente della Lazio, Albertville '92: A1berto Tomba Formula Uno: I piloti per iI
Calleri, ha ammcsso di cssere dis- (slalom gigante), Stefania Belmondo mondiale 1992:
Benetton Ford· Brundle e Schuposto a vendere la societa': "Sono (30km), Deborah COmpagnoni (slapronto a trattare con Cragnotti,
macher.
Lotus·Judd - Herbert e Hakanche se non ho ancora ricevuto
kinen.
proposte concrete. Se la sua offerta
Ferrari • A1esi e Capelli.
di 40 miliardi sara' confermata troWilliams Renault • Mansell e
veremo un accordo".
Patrese.
Brab'ham Judd • Van der Poele e
Cross: La veneta Nadia Dandolo
Amati.
McLaren-Honda - Senna e Ber·
sui S km e il ruandese Mathias
ger.
Ntawalikura sui 10 (al secondo
posto Panetta, al terzo il maroechimo Boutayb, campione olimpico
Calcio: 11 bestiario della violenza
dei 10.000) sono i vincitori della
da stadio s'arricehisce di una nuova
corsa campcstre "cross del gigante",
voce: il teppismo chimico. Gas
disputata a Inverigo (Como) c
soporifero' spruzzato in faceia ai
organizzata da Alberto Cova.
poliziotti: undici agenti intossicati,
cinquanla giovani portati in ques·,
Boxe: Mauro Galvano, 27enne
tura, tre arresti.
E: accaduto dopo Ascoli-Genoa,
romano, ha conscrvato a Marino il lom) e Stefano Polig (combinata):
mondiale Wbc supermcdi battendo vincilori delle quattro mcdaglie protaganisti ancora gli ultra'
ai punt! iI paraguaiano Gimcnez.
d'oro conquistate dagli italiani ai genoani, gli stessi che due settimane
Giochi Olimpici di A1bertvillc. Un prima s'erano distinti per le botte ai
risultato meraviglioso per gli azzuri giornalisti.
Basket: L'll fcbbraio a Siena, i quali hanno conquistato anche sei
I'ltalia ha battuto in amichevole la medaglie d'argento e quattro di
Rugby: L'ltalia ha battuto la
Cccoslovacchia (75-57), mentre in bronzo.
Coppa Europa la Glaxo ha battuto
L'ltalia ha cosi' quasi triplicato iI Spagna 22·21 nel secondo incontro
iI Sunair (95-90).
record precedente ai Giochi inver-, di COppa Europa. GIi azzurri hanno
dominato iI primo tempo, ma nella
nali di 5 medaglie in totale.
Calcio: 11 centrocampista unLa Belmondo ha vinto pure una riprcsa hanno subito il reeupero
gherese del Bologna, Detari, e' stato mcdaglia argento cd una di bronzo, spagnolo.
deferito "per comportamento con- Tomba una d'argento.
trario ai principi di lcalta', manAtletica: L'Istituto di Scienza
cando volontariamente una rete
delle sport del COni ha conccsso a
durante Messina.Bologna"~' Detari
Salvatore Antibo I'idoneita" di pro11 Medagliere di
aveva confessato di non aver segnato
babile olimpico. A110 stato attuale
apposta, per costringere i dirigenti a
Albertville
delle cose, hanno sottolinealo i sani·
cederlo. '
tari, non esistono rischi per I'esple-,
tamenlO dell'attivita' sportiva da
Nazione
0
A B
Scherrna: Diana Bianchedi ha
parle del siciliano, sofferente di
vinto a Budapest la prima prova
piccolo male.
Germania
10 10 6
della Coppa del Mondo '92 di
8
9 6
CSI
fioretto femminile. La milanese ha
5
Norvegia
9 6
battuto in finale la tedesca Funken8
PalIavolo: L'ltalia del volley ha
6 7
Austria
hauser;
aperlo vittoriosamente la serie delle
USA
5 4 2
4
4 6
finali europee con un epilogo
Calcio: Franco Selvaggi, ex attac· Italia
1
nella COppa confcderale:
annunciato
Francia
3
5
cante di Roma, Cagliari e Inter,
,3
I
3
si
e'
imposta
3-0: (15.9; 15·10;
Finlandia
campionc del mondo '82, allenera" iI
2
3
2
15.10)
la
squadra
di casa, la Maxi·
Canada
Catanzaro (C2), dopo le dimissioni
1
Sud
COrea
2
1
cono
Parma,
suI
Charro
Padova.
di Rambone.
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For Agnst Points
Italiani'! Trophy
Per Sub Puilti
A.F.I.N.S.
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2
34
14
21
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VALTARO (Alivini)
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3
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18
16
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MONDIAL
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31
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22
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32
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40
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DAVVERO?
NON Cl CREDO!!
WHATISIT?
* Gli indigeni della Nuova Ebridi
(Oeeania), per comunieare a distanza,
usano una specie di lam·lam cbe, daI
puoto di vista strunurale, e' simile a
quelli africani, ma e' a forma di iOOlo
verticale, alto fmo a 4 metri.
r.
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" Libcllull C· if dimllOutivo del
vocabolo lalino «Iibelll>>, dcdvato a
Rla voila al «Iibm- bilwcia». n
singolarc oomc deD'ioseUo /iJ RlggCJito
allli posiziMC deDc RlC ali duCUlte if
vol4 pcrfC!taoJcntc Or1zzMlali comc 10
SODO i bmcci d'una bilaoc.il io equilibdo.
* In a1ta montagna e nelle regioni
poJari, la neve non e' sempre bianca:
puo' assumcre una colorazione rossa
piu' 0 meno inlensa, 0 gialla, 0 ancbe
Vi dice mente iI nome di Giuscppe Airoldi 7 ProbabiImente no. Eppure, verdo. Cio" e' OOvuto alia presenza, nei
proprio ad Airoldi si deve I'invenzione di un passatempo diffuso e popolare, le fiocehi, di partieoJari alghe unieelluJari
parole croeiate.
cbe si sviluppano alia temperatura di
Airoldi si divertiva a comporre le parole crociate nei ritagli di tempo cbe iI suo QC.
Iavoro di impiegato gli eonsentiva, arrivando a creare schemi di una certa
" I liod coo cuiocll'St» siadom.l·
importanza.
v,wo le acconc.iltuaJ fCJ110Jinili vcniGIi schemi di Airoldi non avevano aneora le easelle nere, le sue parole erociate vaoo /issati Rllll testa iolillti in guaioe
metallicIJc fodcnttc iotem,Wlcnte di
furono pubblicate, per la prima voIla, nel "Seeolo llIustrato della Domenica".
Airoldi conobbe la fama non con il proprio nome, ma con un pseudonimo: OJusclJi4 io modo al COfJSClY.uli fllJS·
Inno Minato, prose in prestito da un pcrsonaggio dei "Poomessi Sposi" di Manzoni. cIJlIIpiu'a lungojXJSSibilc•.
COME DIVENNE FAMOSO
GIUSEPPE AIROLDI ?
CHE RISATA
E' gia una dozzina di volte che i
genitori invitano a cena un giovanollo,
sperando che diventi loro genero, ma
lui e timido e non si dichiara mai.
• Caro giovanollo • gli dice infme la
madre, • voi venite regolarmente a cena
da noi, ma non ei avete aneora dello
quel ehe desiderate nel fondo del vostro
cuore.
- Oh, signora· risponde I'altro con
slaneio, - non dovete preoccuparvi: io
mangio qualsiasi eosa!
Marzo·92
Atlast Oilly, YOll 're dad'sgone to bed!!
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Mamma'sRicetta
Risotto di Gambaretti e Avocado
Ingrcdicnti:
250 grammi di gambarelli
1 avocado
350 grammi di riso
1 cipolla tritata
3 cucehiai di olio d'oliva
50 grammi di funghi freschi
2 cucehiaini di erbe secche
1 bustina di zafferano
.50 grammi di parmigiano
sale e pepe
Brodo di came 0 di un dado
Metodo:
Sbuceiate ['avocado e tagliate la polpa in dadini.
Lcssate i gamberetti per .5 minuti e sgusciateli. Fate
soffriggere la cipolla nell'olio e aggiungete i funghi
tagliati a felline, le erbe, iI sale e pepe e cucinate per 5
minuti.
Unite iI riso e fatelo tostare per qualche minuto.
Poi sempre mescolando unite iI brodo caldo un po'
alla volta. Quando iI riso sara' a meta' cottura unite 10
zafferano. A fine cottura aggiungete iI burro, i
gamberetti, i dadini di avocado ed iI parmigiano.
Servile.
MrsMG.
Risotto with Scampi and Avocado
Ingrcdicnts:
9 oz scampi or shrimps
1 avocado pear
120z rice
1 onion finely sliced
.3 tablespoons of olive oil
2 oz button mushrooms
2 teaspoons dired mixed herbs
1 sachet of saffron
2 oz Parmigiano
salt and pepper to taste
meat stock or cube stock
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Mcthod:
Peel the avocado pear and cut it into small cubes.
Boil the scampi or shrimps in water for five minutes··
drain and peel.
Fry the onion in the oil; add the mushrooms, sliced,
the mixed herbs, salt and pepper and cook for about
five minutes.
Add the rice and toast for it for a few minutes, then
always stirring add the hot stock a lillle at a time.
When the rice is half cooked add the saffron.
Finally add the butter, avocado pear, scampi and the
parmigiano. Serve.
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For thc mothcrs who wcrc at my grandson's birthday party and askcd for the rccipc, hcrc it is:
Dolcetti alIa Gay
Ingrcdicnti:
.z25gr burro senza sale
6 Mars bars
295 gr di Rice Crispies
Mctodo:
A fuoco basso, fate sciogliere in una pentola
grande iI burro e i Mars bars.
Quando saranno sciolte, toglietele dal fuoco
ed unite i rice crispies un po' alla volta finche'
saranno tutti ben coperti dal liquido.
Mettete iI composto in due priofile 34cm x
24cm. Premetelo con un coltello.
Lasciatelo raffredare per circa 1 1{2 ore.
Tagliatelo in felle. Teneteli nel frigorifero.
Gay's Crispy Slices
Ingrcdicnts:
1{2 Ib unsalted butter
6 Mars bars (normal size)
295 gr pack of Rice Crispies
Mcthod:
Gently melt the butter and Mars bars in a
large saucepan, over a low heat.
When melted remove from the heat and
add the rice crispies and mix together making
sure that the crispies are well coated. Place the
mixture into iwo baking trays 13" by 9.5".
Press the mixture using a knife or spatula.
Allow to cool for about 1 1{2 hours. Cut
into slices and keep refrigerated.
P.S. I apologize to our readers· in last month's recipe for veal parcels the cooking time in the
English version should have read 10 minutes and not 100 minutes as published.
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