Category Archives: English

The Leaning Tower of Bologna

Posted on December 15, 2023 by babbityjean

October 2023:  The Garisenda Tower in Bologna’s city center is on “high alert” for collapse.  No one knows when it could happen—three months, a year, 5 or 10 years.  The alert is yellow.  A red alert would imply an imminent … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Bologna, English, Foto, Italia, Storia | 3 Comments

The Telephone Booth

Posted on December 7, 2023 by babbityjean

For almost a hundred years, the telephone booth has been an icon in popular culture.  It was the changing room for Clark Kent’s transformation to Superman.  It was the negotiating room for spies and counterspies in films like North by … Continue reading →

Posted in Abitudini, English, Foto, Italia, Milano, Storia | 4 Comments

Unmasking a Forgery

Posted on March 2, 2023 by babbityjean

When a curator at the University of Michigan Library received the email, he was more than a bit apprehensive.  The email was from Nick Wilding, an historian at Georgia State University, who is a Galileo scholar and an expert on … Continue reading →

Posted in Arte, English, Foto, Italia, New York, Storia | 2 Comments