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Italian Humour and Culture.

The following collection has been compiled with the objective of shedding light on the fascinating Italian approach to life.

The collection of articles and Jokes.

Surviving Italy. Our light hearted article, published around the world, about how to understand better and enjoy the unique Italian way of life.

A short potted history of Italy. Travel through time and understand better how Italy became...well....Italy.

Italian Jokes and more. Our collection of clean Italian jokes

Ode to Italy. Written by an unknown 20th centuary poet.

The Video Collection...


		Monty Python Italian Lesson Perhaps not their most famous sketch but classic Python. Monty Python featured some of the UK's greatest comedians of their day including John Clease, Eric Idle and Michael Palin.


		Italians in Europe Born in Milan in 1938, Bruno Bozzetto is an award winning Italian cartoonist. This famous light hearted cartoon compares the uniquely Italian sterotyped approach to life against that of "the rest of Europe."


		How to drive in Italy. Another work from Bruno Bozzetto, this time focusing on the Italian driving technique. !


		Italian Music Two of the Italian Greats, Laura Pausini (singing in English) and Andrea Bocelli. A song dedicated to the work of Action Aid in Africa. Dare to Live (or vivere) had world wide success and has promoted the plight of many people struggling "to live" in Africa and other places accross the world


		Italian National Athem "Brothers of Italy" or "Mameli's Hymn" combined with pictures of Italian life art and culture. The words were written in 1847 by a 20-year-old student and patriot Goffredo Mameli. Two months later, they were set to music by Michele Novaro.

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