Clare Speak

@thealso I miss it too, really hoping I’ll be able to find or help rebuild something like that elsewhere. Glad to see there are still some nice things left on here though!

@ClareinItaly It did I miss the community on here and really don't use it as much but was glad to see the app remind me that you had just posted and just wanted to reach out with our application

@thealso Aw thank you Jim, glad I could help. The old Twitter helped keep me (sort of) sane in those times, too

@ClareinItaly Just want to throw out a thank you for keeping us sane in Italy during COVID We were stuck there and would have been lost without your advice on here

@Cat_Bauer Semplicemente meravigliosa

The Piazzetta of San Marco in Venice seen from the Basilica. I never get tired of this iconic view✨

@Cat_Bauer Thank you very much!

@ClareinItaly Hi Clare! Welcome back & congratulations! Happy Mother’s Day!🌹

I'm back from maternity leave this week! I didn't miss much, right....?

@MyItalianCircle Grazie!

@ClareinItaly Fantastico, congratulazioni 😍

Not getting married but swearing allegiance to the Italian state. It feels good to be a European citizen again. Grazie Italia! 🇮🇹🇬🇧🇪🇺

@chiarainmcr Thank you 🤗

@Cat_Bauer Thanks Cat!

@ClareinItaly Congratulations!🌹

@Richard79873132 Thanks!

What are some of your favourite new(ish) books from Italian or Italy-based writers? Would love some recommendations (just for me, not for an article!)

@wicklow77 Thanks!

@ClareinItaly La straniera and Missitalia by Claudia Durastanti.

@LucyInTheSky22 Thanks for this. I'm ~2 weeks away and strongly agree, we need any and all of the positivity we can find... (and I prefer your headline!)

I'm so glad we no longer have to watch Rishi sucking up to Meloni and copying her immigration policies... Oh wait

@twofitzgeralds Thank you! Sounds great

@ClareinItaly Not quite fitting your brief but oh so worth it - Cambiare acqua ai fiori - Valerie Perrin - a translation from French - absolutely incredible!

@CheyenneRetired I haven't - thanks! Will check out @PGJonesVenice work too 😊

@ClareinItaly Have you read the Auntie Poldi books, set in Sicily? They are very funny. And I'd be in trouble if I didn't mention my husband, @PGJonesVenice 😄

@simmie9902 Thanks! Will check them out

@ClareinItaly Donato carrisi- thrillers Simonetta Agnello-Hornby

@SimoniLorenza @aledavenia @RobertoRedSox Thank you, a couple I haven't heard of! Will check out

@ClareinItaly Not so new and a must read: - l'amica geniale Elena Ferrante - i leoni di Sicilia , interesting family saga - resisti cuore and all others by @aledavenia - about taxis, specific and funny: tassista di notte by @RobertoRedSox #books 📚📙📗

@clebs @TheLocalItaly Hey thanks very much for letting us know about this

@TheLocalItaly @ClareinItaly Not sure if you saw my post, but just to let you know that there is a Brazilian website called Italianissimo plagiarising your content word by word for a while now. I think this is unfair as their followers base are huge on Facebook.

'Scarpetta': Is it considered rude to scrape your plate in Italy? dlvr.it/TBWTdq

@diecas2012 sorry about your bad taste in pizza

@ClareinItaly Yes but less snootiness Claire. We're usually very self critical but if we tell you it's okay and you've written shit, trust us for once.

Not sure what's going on in Milan but if I'd paid the equivalent of £8 for pizza and received this where I live I'd be calling the police