A month in my life. As my four readers know, (as Alessandro Manzoni wrote, but I am more humble and say four and not twenty-five) as a volunteer I transport organs from the hospitals of living, voluntary donors to the patients, often on the other side of the world. You can read my article on…

Fortune Cookie taxi, Bologna, Italy: It is three o’clock in the morning. I leave my house. I recognise my favourite taxi driver, a taxi driver who by choice only works at night. “Because the people of the night, the addicts, the travellers, the prostitutes, the drunks, the fighting couples, are…

Luis I once met an extraordinary man called Luis, who made me promise I’d write a book about all the other extraordinary men I’ve also met (platonically), and title it “Men I didn’t want to sleep with”. This is the end, and also the beginning. This is the story of…

Frank I once met an extraordinary man called Luis, who made me promise I’d write a book about all the other incredible men I’ve also met (platonically), and title it “Men I didn’t want to sleep with”. You can read Luis’ story here. This is the story of Frank. The…

Alvaro I once met an extraordinary man called Luis, who made me promise I’d write a book about all the other incredible men I’ve also met (platonically), and title it “Men I didn’t want to sleep with”. You can read Luis’ story here. This is the story of Alvaro, the…

Oliver I once met an extraordinary man called Luis, who made me promise I’d write a book about all the other incredible men I’ve also met (platonically), and title it “Men I didn’t want to sleep with”. You can read Luis’ story here. This is the story of Oliver. For…

Stefan I once met an extraordinary man called Luis, who made me promise I’d write a book about all the other incredible men I’ve also met (platonically), and title it “Men I didn’t want to sleep with”. You can read Luis’ story here. As with every good book, the full meaning…

As we reach the end of the year, here is the list of the books I enjoyed the most out of my usual 60 books read this year, a much better and awaited list than Bill Gates’ reading recommendations! 😆 This year I was lucky enough to find numerous gems…

Reading is a habit, a love, and an obsession for me. I was 15 years old when I read in Seneca’s De brevitate vitae that there is only one way to add time to your life: by reading. Only by reading can you live a thousand lives. You can spend…