San Giovanni Valdarno reinforces the Arno’s banks
A €2.33 million riverbank protection project is complete. Planned improvements to the cycle route are a separate next step.
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A €2.33 million riverbank protection project is complete. Planned improvements to the cycle route are a separate next step.
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The Fanny Usellini Museum has opened in a former slaughterhouse, combining 556 donated works with workshops and opportunities for people with disabilities.
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An updated programme supports music, sport and practical activities in over four hundred schools. The list of areas was added on 25 September.
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Near New Zealand’s Ashburton Lakes, a four-wheel-drive club has planted native species on a hillside damaged by other drivers.
Two-way traffic returns to Viale Europa after excavation and pipe installation. Construction continues: reopening is a step forward, not the finish line.
Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words · Food · Cultures & peoples. Ideas worth a closer look.

A few shapes can prepare us for a story: his film titles turn movement into a way of giving images meaning.
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The Hull-House philosopher connected ideas with neighbourhood life: understanding other people takes closeness, questions and a willingness to change our minds.
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Lavandula angustifolia rewards a closer look: colour draws us in, while leaves, stems and clusters of flowers help describe the plant.
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An elephant’s nose is also a tool for exploring: muscles and sensitivity allow powerful movements alongside surprisingly delicate ones.
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This Italian word preserves a trace of Roman bookkeeping, linking appointments, the first of the month and ways of organising time.
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Fermentation changes some of the milk’s sugar and alters how its proteins behave, producing a noticeably different texture in the process.
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Movement, music and memory meet in the roda: an Afro-Brazilian practice best approached through the people who teach it and keep it alive.
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That is quite a lot of good for one day.
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