Posts Tagged ‘stories’

Scritture giovani, a new generation of european writers

Magazine -> #2 Creating Opportunities

Four young writers talking about writing's timetables and scoreboards. WHEN DO YOU WRITE, IN YOUR DAILY LIFE? DO YOU CUT OUT A FIXED PERIOD OR DOES WRITING END UP MERGING WITH YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES? Davide Longo - I'm a teacher and during the school year I write very little, a couple of novels at the most, something for the radio, I help out ...

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The choice of time

Magazine -> #1 Timetables and scoreboards

After thirty years spent in Asia as correspondent for Der Spiegel and collaborator for Italian newspapers, Tiziano Terzani has definitely not lost one bit of the intense warmth and the impetus of his homeland, Tuscany. These characteristics however, are now mingled with the peaceful and ascetic wisdom that has been transferred onto him by the cult...

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The opinion

Magazine -> #23 Emotion and Surprise

As I see it, there are at least three aspects making for any brand’s success, and namely its relevance, appeal, and standing. Relevance typically falls within the domain of rationality. It essentially depends on the actual utility of the brand’s product or service, but also on the peculiarities that enhance its strictly performance-related char...

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The magic of everyday

Magazine -> #24 Self Portrait

Your short stories frame the fascinating even if painful contrast between tradition and modernity. Do you recognise yourself in this contrast? India is a very old culture, and the eternal continuum between tradition, the past, and the present is something that is present in all Indians. There is no clear defining line that separates the two; India...

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  • "Where I am, makes me what I am"

    Anonymous at Galleria illy London

  • “The time is always right to do the right thing”

    Martin Luther King

  • "Liberty is about our rights to question everything".

    Ai Wei Wei

Headline & Editorial

Headline & Editorial

Last Issue: #31 The Journey

Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...
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People

People

For several years, the magazine has published dialogues, opinions and points of view on themes dear to a company living in the contemporary world.  Topics have covered space, courage, dreams,...
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Schools

Schools

On the pages of illywords, the works of writers, artists and established professionals are the inspiration for the ideas and images of emerging artists, photographers and...
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