The current pandemic has significantly affected all sectors of the labour market; however, some categories of workers have been affected more than others, being exposed to a combination of factors. This is the case of sex workers: according to the ICRSE (International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers) overRead More →
DISCLAIMER: this article is not a way of spreading fake news and should be treated just as a collection of theories. The information that is going to be listed is not verified and officially approved. In accordance with what is happening right now around the world, I thought to myselfRead More →
Beautiful Boy (U.K., 2019) Starring: Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan Written By: Luke Davies, Felix van Groeningen Directed By: Felix van Groeningen Genre: Drama Running time: 120 minutes Curiosities: Beautiful Boy is the adaptation for the big screen not of one but of two autobiographies: Beautiful Boy,Read More →
Who is she? Aisha Romano, born as Silvia, is an Italian 25 years old aid worker who was kidnapped in Kenya 18 months ago while she was working for an Italian charity called Africa Milele. She was brought and held in Somalia, freed on the 9th of May, and returnedRead More →
From the Wuhan market to Bill Gates, we will see what all those theories lack of: proofs. Let’s find out which are the most trustworthy ones. The answer is still not that obvious. First of all, let’s take a couple of steps back. According to the World Health Organization, usingRead More →
Whiplash (UK, 2014): Starring: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons. Written by: Damien Chazelle. Directed by: Damien Chazelle. Genre: drama, music. Running time: 107 minutes. Curiosities: Before becoming a popular film, Whiplash was born as a short film because Damien Chazelle had failed to obtain funding to make a feature film. Thus,Read More →
Once, I’ve heard that History is a sequence of events that follow each other in a pseudo-cyclical manner, swirling on a pattern which ideologically could be represented with the shape of a spiral. Every time has its own peculiarity, and can be linked to other events which took place inRead More →
The human brain is one of the most complex and charming masterpieces of all times and, for this reason, it is also the most mysterious and inscrutable one. The web of its neurotransmitters is similar to a work of art, a canvas created by the chaotic genius of Pollock, andRead More →
A conversation with Andrew Bastawrou It was possible to breath interest and energy among GG students while the guest was telling his story about himself and his life. He started from a world report on vision and who needs a pair of glasses, underlining the immense power of a pairRead More →
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from the film, ‘Joker.’ (Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) Smile, because it confuses people. Smile, because it’s easier than explaining what is killing you inside. Arthur is mentally unstable. He works as a clown toRead More →
In a world of screens and social media, books seem something old, coming from a remote century. iPads, tablets and Kindles have quickly replaced paper books, making them too heavy and bulky for our new frenetic society. In the past decade statistics showed a big crisis of the publishing industry,Read More →
The Significance of the Critique of the Aristocratic Elite in the 18th Century for the Formation of Modern Liberalism and its Current Global Repercussions A conversation with Dirk Schuck The basic conflict between “Personal Dependency” and “Rise of the Market” is fundamental as a perfect historical background to understand theRead More →
A conversation with Cristina Cricca GG students have had the pleasure to listen to an interesting discussion about the importance of choices in life. Mrs. Cristina Cricca can be considered as the perfect example of the success of rapid changes in life: she came from a totally different background withRead More →
Suburra was a vast and populous district of Rome, which lied in the dip between the southern end of the Viminal and the western end of the Esqueline hills. The term Suburra describes the most infamous neighborhood within the capital of the Empire, where crimes, fires and robberies were constantly present. ItRead More →
We all want a nice place to live in. We all want a secure place. We all want to raise our children in a place where they can be happy and have a better future, as they deserve. To find out what this the better place to live in is,Read More →
A conversation with Nicolò Sartori The numerous implications of the energy sector and global challenges for renewables energies have been the main topics of the meeting. The added value given to this conversation has been given to the guest’s global perspective on the linkage between international relations and energy. EnergyRead More →
In the heart of the following lines will lie one of the most memorable and enriching experiences that I have got to be a part of this summer. It all happened in a country that is part of a continent of a very distinctive geographical space that is big enoughRead More →
A conversation with Mr. Zimmt Raz GG students have had a huge opportunity to enrich their knowledge about Middle East affairs, in particular the domestic and external challenges of Iran. The discussion has been so inspiring because the guest touched three main issues linked to the country: domestic challenges, theRead More →
Historical Introduction Taiwan political status has been a controversial matter since the end of the 19thCentury, when the island passed under Japanese dominion after the First Sino-Japanese War; only at the end of the Second World War, Taiwan returned to be a Chinese possession. Taiwan became the stage of the politicalRead More →
Never thought there could still be a vivid existing context where you can “feel “ the presence of the spirits of the world wars as if they were still inhabiting our world, and see everything they brought along in a social context where heterogeneity has given rise to homogeneity ,Read More →
