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Smaller than Florence, but beautifully formed. I knew little about it before going.
The off the cuff impression from friends was food capital of Italy. Stanley Tucci on steroids. Nicknamed La Grassa (the fat one - the City, not Stanley, who is reprehensibly thin). Wave arrividerci to any recent healthy eating improvements.
The first-hand thumbnail is an Italian city boasting a lot more than nosh.
It sounds prestigious, the Southwark Council Selective Licensing Scheme. It happens to be a legislative tool that a local authority can use to drive up standards of private renting when the tenant comprises a single-family household or a household occupied by no more than 2 unrelated sharers.
The placard-wavers; the keyboard warriors. Anti-Jewish feeling undiminished by the Gaza ceasefire and the release of living hostages/hostage remains/prisoners/detainees. The hatred of Israel and everything it stands for, ain't going away. And it matters nothing if your muddled thinking does not enable you to appreciate that many Jews have disapproved of the extent of Israel's military action in Gaza: prejudice is based on sentiment, not rationality.
Words have consequences. This phrase, or versions of it, has been around for a long time, and is apposite to Israel's current military actions in Gaza. The word 'genocide' courses through writing and discussion, and a UN Commission of Inquiry has concluded that Israel has committed genocide. In return Israel has furiously rejected the claim.
It's a tough life being a sports presenter on a current affairs programme. One minute it's the war in Ukraine, and the next it's: 'Now over to Mike Williams with the sport'.