Locations, trends, a desire for a middle-of-the-road way of life. But then Springsteen and Cage as well, struggling between a deep sense of pain and anguish and musical genius. A brief encounter with Mario Luzzatto Fegiz to discuss the essential elements that have gone into the making of the sound of our times. More or less four minutes to tell ...

The pleasure (and privilege) of a conversation with Claudio Magris is truly unique. Brilliant and volcanic, he is a master story-teller eagerly lacing and spicing his rich conversation with images, anecdotes, quotations and recollections. His speed of delivery is hypnotic. Its effect is like that of a musical score requiring the listener to attend...

To flounder in a sea of commodities, where too much and nothing at all make no difference, having to choose out of too many stimuli and too few meaningful motives. Never before have we been so rich and wealthy as today. “We” here stands for a small part of the world population living in Europe, North America and some other parts of the globe...

La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss Canton of Neuchâtel is where the house of Girare-Perregaux has been making timepieces since 1791. Master watchmakers capable of fully designing, developing, tooling and assembling each and every cog and wheel, spring and gear right through to the finished, working product are few and far between: Girard-Perregaux is ...

Determined action but also long, drawn-out, wearisome even, negotiations. In any case, all committed efforts aimed at reaching an objective, at achieving a goal. But what if purpose is blurred? Let us then come to terms with the essential meaning of artistic endeavour and the artist’s strivings and struggle. Straight on target. Like Lucio Font...

illy offers its support to Scritture Giovani and the Festivaletteratura Mantova with the aim of providing opportunities, stimulating discussion and encouraging dialogue. “Do you think one is willing to cross conventional boundary lines when their objectives that lies beyond is clear?” Border crossing is actually easier tackled when what lie...

The best way to predict the future? Plan for it, give it form, mould it around one’s dreams. Work at it, build it up bit-by-bit, clearly setting down the goals to be achieved, the route to be followed, the actions to be taken. Keep one’s gaze fixed on the objectives, objectives that should be outlined from the start and whose contours come into...