Maria Bellini

This took me ages to write! And even made me want to buy one too…. Fiat Panda…. So much more than just a car. viabellini.com/post-2-fiat-pa… #fiat #fiatpanda

'Side Street' (2008) by Stefan Bleekrode stefanbleekrode.exto.org

'The Magnolia, St James's Courtyard, Piccadilly, February 2020' by Peter Brown peterbrownneac.com

@PaoloSpero Ooh lucky you! You need to unlock those garage doors

@RespectingR They don't make cars like they used to. Still got 1 locked away in the garage

This took me ages to write! And even made me want to buy one too…. Fiat Panda…. So much more than just a car. viabellini.com/post-2-fiat-pa… #fiat #fiatpanda

Piacenza e Parma. Separate - o collegate - da 56,94 km di bitume. La Via Emilia. Una sottile concorrenza alimentata da un subdolo orgoglio territoriale. viabellini.com/linconfondibil…

Anolini…. Sono parmensi o piacentini?

I always hope to see my dad in one of these clips, one day.

Lithuanian Watercolour artist Kestutis Kasparavicius I used to post his work a lot, I am very fond of his style . I forgot his name , saw a piece by him and it came straight back These two are lovely. I think he’s buying books here. The second is a ‘Christmas Eve’.

Good to see the talented Michael @greuzebermayer’s return this year 🥳 A piece here from his exhibition in Aberdeen entitled ‘Grimescapes’ (liking that title 😍) #TheGrimList2024🎖️ More in 2025, please, Michael 🙏🏻😉👍

Now this one evoked a lot of memories … mainly of sitting on the top deck of the bus and coming home reeking of fag smoke 🚬 😒 Worktown Bus by David Livesey (b.1930) #TheGrimList2024🎖️

Continuing with the theme of difficult choices … Doreen Fletcher ❤️ @DFletcherArtist … never ask me to pick a favourite! 😉 #TheGrimList2024🎖️ Newcastle-u-Lyme, 1975, the first urban street she painted, now long gone … a brilliant artist and a rescuer of lost worlds 😍👏

Per capire storia, sacrifici, successi di generazioni di #italiani all'estero bisogna visitare il #Museo #Emigrazione a #Genova: esperienza immersiva/interattiva che emoziona e coinvolge a ogni passo. Il sobrio #Memoriale dai cordami rossi ne rappresenta il momento più commovente

BELONGINGS is a beautiful and thought provoking exhibition by artist Susan Aldworth. It features stories around the imagined contents of her grandmother's suitcase when she left Bardi, Italy for London in 1924. Ends 8 Nov (free admission). kcl.ac.uk/events/belongi…

古い雑誌の懐かしい広告 今見てもパンダとクーペのデザインいいよね〜🚙 #FIATPANDA #panda141 #coupefiat

First signs of winter in the Italian Alps today.

@GiorgioGiovane Agree!

@RespectingR Oh really? I'd not come across it in French either. I still find it confusing that a "culo" and a "camicia" should be considered things that are often seen together.

I just came across the Italian expression "culo e camicia", literally "arse and shirt", meaning "thick as thieves" or people who are very close. I know popular sayings can be confusing (e.g. "cheap at twice the price") but this one is particularly baffling.

@PaoloSpero @GiuliaCrouch Maybe he was playing with my dad!

@RespectingR @GiuliaCrouch Love this place. Go to church, then upstairs to meet my nonno for coffee whilst he was playing briscola

At the Casa Italiana, growing up, I learned what it meant to be an Italian in London… at that moment in time. Life at ‘the club’ shaped who I became. ⁦@GiuliaCrouch⁩ theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

@GiuliaCrouch Thx you for writing about it. I really hope it can evolve and attract newcomers, whilst keeping up the regular activities.

@RespectingR So nice to hear 🥹 such a special place! I wish my grandparents, who moved to Kent rather than London, had had something like it!