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Sammy is a young woman who has left her dream of being a famous dancer because of her height. By the way, she released a video interview which is posted at the end of this article. Since she was inspired by a dancer of a performance she attended when she was much younger, she has decided what she would do in life: the dancer. Incredibly, since then, she has pictured herself dancing as a graceful swan surrounded by pretty dancers who were there only for dancing on her side. Continuing to daydream, she saw the theatre full of people in standing ovation, acclaiming for her wonderful performance as they were...

Barbara Nicotra

04 Apr 2018

Amanda Rigali – arts funding and financial crisis

Head of the Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy Programme at Cause4, Trustee of People United, Former Director of Touring of Arts Council December the 2nd 2014 I was honoured to meet Ms Amanda Rigali into a noisy cafè in Central London on a rainy evening. I chose to interview her as I wanted to ask some questions about the correlation between arts&culture sector funding and the financial crisis and, given that she has considerable knowledge of the topic, the matter was fully addressed. Specifically, my purpose was to outline the economic reality of arts and if it has been affected by the crisis. BARBARA NICOTRA-Purposely, my first question was about her...

Barbara Nicotra

04 Apr 2018

Diwali Celebration: brightness vs darkness

FLOWERS, MUSIC AND COLOURFUL SCENARIOS JOYFULLY JOINED ON THE OCCASION OF DIWALI EVENT IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MOST IMPORTANT HINDU CELEBRATION UNFORGETTABLE. During autumn, Eastern Indians are committed to organising one of the most enjoyable events of their tradition: the Diwali or Deepavali Celebration also called The Festival of Lights, which usually falls between October and November. In fact, this year the event was celebrated Sunday 12th of October to Trafalgar Square. Traditionally, the main festival of Diwali coincides with the darkest, new moon night between the end of Hindu Lunar month of Ashwin and the beginning of Kartika’s, which has taken place the 23rd of October this year. Before the ceremonial night, people...

Barbara Nicotra

04 Apr 2018

The Andrew Marr Show: Andy Burnham

Nowadays, the Public Health Service is a difficult issue to deal with, especially when this includes cancer disease. Andy Burnham, an exponent of the Labour Party and Shadow Secretary of State for Health, gives his contribute to the topic, having a one-to-one confrontation during The Andrew Marr Show. Firstly, Burnham speaks about what it is planned by the Labour Party in order to tackle the problem of too slow cancer text results, as people have to wait too long time for obtaining a diagnosis. They are planning very much quicker results from a particular text which will be delivered over the next five years. However, the most important thing is...

Barbara Nicotra

04 Apr 2018

A Day Never Existed

The 31st of October has arrived, and like every year it brings surreal celebrations and real controversy. Truth and legend, at the most charming and attractive international pagan festival of all the time and one of the most explosive events in British history. Hallowe’en (i.e. All Hallows Even) is an ancient festival derived from Celtic Irish paganism. The Celts, a group of Indo-European peoples who lived in northern Europe since the 4th century BC, were influenced by the cycles of the moon and the stars. Samhain, a sort of new year that separated the summer from the winter, was at a point outside the temporal dimension that was neither the...