“London is a bad habit one hates to lose.”

I miss it so so much, because over the years it had become a secure destination, with its powerful smells and the accent that makes me fall in love with every citizen, with its old monuments and new architecture, with its breakfast which for me is a lunch and dinner which for me is a snack. With its illogical schedules, the people always running, endless queues, tea.

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It is the city of Harry Potter, Alice, Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes, so despite the brexit, the political behavior to Italy during the emergency, and the snobbery, I will love London forever and unconditionally.

And I miss it so so much, because over the years it had become a secure destination, with its powerful smells and the accent that makes me fall in love with every citizen, with its old monuments and new architecture, with its breakfast which for me is a lunch and dinner which for me is a snack. With its illogical schedules, the people always running, endless queues, tea.

London is a gothic and sinister city, but it’s also warm and welcoming. What always strikes me about London is the sun.

Because for years, thanks to literature, films, TV series, the stories of those who had been there, I had imagined this city…

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“Penny Dreadful: fra Sangue & Vino”

La serie prende il nome dalle omonime pubblicazioni del XIX secolo, i penny dreadful, e ispirandosi a La Lega degli Straordinari Gentlemen di Alan Moore, la serie intreccia le origini di personaggi della letteratura horror come Victor Frankenstein, Dorian Gray (unico appunto che devo fare è l’errore, ancora una volta, del colore di capelli ahimè), Dr. Jekyll, il conte Dracula, licantropi, streghe e vampiri, i quali sono alle prese con la loro follia raccapricciante nella Londra vittoriana.

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«Stai cercando di minacciarmi con la morte?! Se vuoi spaventarmi, minacciami con la vita.»[1]

Graphic by: Gioia

*Cornish pie
(La ricetta è del mio amico inglese, John)

Ingredienti:

Ripieno
-450 g di macinato di manzo
– sale q.b.
-1 cipolla grande fatta a fettine sottili
-175 g di patate pelate e tagliate molto sottili
-150 g di carote pelate e tagliate sottili
-2 cucchiai di brodo di manzo
-pepe, una spolverata generosa

Pastry:
-350 di farina 00
-100 g di strutto+15 g di burro morbido
-150 ml di acqua
– 1 uovo medio sbattuto per lucidare

Preparazione:

Preriscaldiamo il forno a 220 gradi. E procuriamoci una teglia di 33×23 cm. Inseriamo tutti gli ingredienti del ripieno in una ciotola, li mescoliamo per bene e insaporiamo con sale e pepe.
Per preparare la pastry, invece, inseriamo la farina e lo strutto in un robot da cucina…

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“London is a bad habit one hates to lose.”

It is the city of Harry Potter, Alice, Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes, so despite the brexit, the political behavior to Italy during the emergency, and the snobbery, I will love London forever and unconditionally. And I miss it so so much, because over the years it had become a secure destination, with its powerful smells …

Classics: “Dracula”

Dracula is a mysterious and fascinating figure, despite being presented as an old hoary, the collective imagination seems to have always focused on the part where thanks to the blood of the living he can return to taking on young and beautiful appearances.

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“Oh, the terrible struggle that I have had against sleep so often of late; the pain of the sleeplessness, or the pain of the fear of sleep, and with such unknown horror as it has for me! How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

The term vampire derives from the lean “vampyr”, from the Lithuanian word “wempti”, which means “to drink”, from the Turkish “uber”, “to be diabolical”, and from the Slavic root “pi”, “sorcerer. The mythology of the undead who, by infernal concession, can continue to live by feeding on the blood of the living, plants its oldest roots in the religiosity of the Slavic peoples, strongly linked to the cult of the dead.

Vampire literature (“Interview with the vampire” – “Twilight” – “The nights…

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“London Calling: Cormoran Strike’s Trilogy”

No more a trilogy… still a pleasure!

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Graphic by: Federica

London is one of my favourite cities in the world. I’ve been there 9 times, I visited the city in all seasons, I’ve even lived there for a while: I saw London in the October’s fog, under the January’s snow, in the August’s rain and the June’s heat.

I explored the tourist area and that of those who live there, I’ve been in the rich and poor neighborhoods.

I fell in love with the accents of the inhabitants and the perennially autumn colours, I was able to adapt to the foreign food, but not to the low temperatures.

It has not always been like that, in fact the first time I went there it was to study English, I was in one of those summer groups organized by my father’s work. An opportunity to make new friends more than anything else.

I didn’t think I would be…

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“London Calling: Cormoran Strike’s Saga”

London is one of my favourite cities in the world. I've been there 9 times, I visited the city in all seasons, I've even lived there for a while: I saw London in the October’s fog, under the January’s snow, in the August’s rain and the June’s heat. I explored the tourist area and that …