About Geoff Andrews

Geoff Andrews is a writer and academic. He is a leading authority on Italian politics and a regular media commentator on Italian current affairs. His book Not a Normal Country: Italy After Berlusconi has recently been translated into Italian as Un Paese Anormale. His latest book is The Slow Food Story: Politics and Pleasure which has been published both in the UK and North America. In 1995 he founded Philosophy Football FC, an alternative football team committed to celebrating the simple pleasures of the beautiful game, which continues to play weekly matches in London and organises a range of cultural events.
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Latest articles

Berlusconi and Beyond; Friday 12 February Birmingham

Berlusconi and Beyond: Prospects For Italy, Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret St. Birmingham 11.00 Coffee 11.30-1.30: Berlusconi and After. Roundtable discussion with Bill Emmott, ex-editor of The Economist, Paola Subacchi (Chatham House), James Newell (Salford University), Francesco Grillo (Vision) and Daniele Albertazzi (birmingham Univ ... Read More

Bettino Craxi's Legacy, Italy's Misery

3 February, Open Democracy It is ten years since Bettino Craxi, Italy’s former Prime Minister and Silvio Berlusconi’s patron, died in exile in Tunisia. Craxi had left Italy in 1994 - the year Silvio Berlusconi took power for the first time – in disgrace, fleeing from justice as the most prominent beneficiary of the political corruption scand ... Read More

Gastronomy and Politics

West Midlands Food Heritage

4 January 2010The Open University in the West Midlands is currently involved in several projects to generate interest in the region's food heritage at a time when many local products are in danger of being forgotten. We will be organising a series of discussions with local producers of apples, cider, beef, cheese, perry, amongst others, and will be ... Read More

Ten Reasons To Study Gastronomy

24 November 20091/ To recognise that gastronomy is a true science in its own right, which cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries from the humanities to natural science, social science and environmental studies, encompassing in the words of Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in the Physiologie du Gout, ‘analytical knowledge of everything rela ... Read More

Philosophy Football

Are You Calling Me a Kant?...The Philosophy Football Story Kicks On...

10 October 2009 It started in October 1994, following a premiership match between Tottenham and Queens Park Rangers. I was at Mark Perryman’s house and we were talking over the details of a tedious 1-1 draw between his Tottenham and my QPR. Both veterans of Britain’s newly defunct and tiny communist party, we were looking for new political cau ... Read More

Philosophy Football FC line up with Eric Cantona and Ken Loach

1 June 2009 We will be attending the preview of Ken Loach's 'Looking For Eric', starring Eric Cantona, this Thursday at the Ritzy Cinema, Brixton, and naturally sitting in strict 4-2-3-1 formation.. Actually, I'm hoping to sign Eric for our return to the Grafton League next season. We will all be wearing the 'Sardines' shirt, recently re-issued by ... Read More