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
Silvio Berlusconi; answers, please
Open Democracy 9 June The response from Italians to my article on openDemocracy posing ten questions to Silvio Berlusconi has been overwhelming. Many have expressed their deep anger at the Italian prime minister's public and private behaviour, which provoked the questions in the first place (see "Silvio Berlusconi: ten more questions", 1 June 2009 ... Read More
TEN MORE QUESTIONS FOR SILVIO BERLUSCONI
Open Democracy, 1 June 2009Dear Signor Berlusconi, It is now nearly three weeks since La Repubblica published its list of ten questions in connection with your relationship to Noemi Letizia. You have chosen not to answer their questions, claiming that the newspaper's initiative was part of a campaign organised by the left. In the weeks since, you h ... Read More
Gastronomy and Politics
Food, Education and Citizenship Seminar 2 July Hereford
Seminar organised by the Open University and the Bulmer Foundation, Thursday 2 July, at the Bulmer Foundation, Wye Street Hereford, from 10.30-3pm, will look at the prospect for a food studies curriculum for Herefordshire. Speakers include Geoff Andrews, Shirley Alikhan, Tom Jaine, Joanna Lewis from the Soil Association, Jackie Schneider from Susta ... Read More
The Fal Oyster Travels to Slow Fish in Genoa. BBC Radio 4 Food Programme.
Slow Fish is a biennial event organised by Slow Food and which takes place in Genoa. The main purpose of Slow Fish is to find ways to protect small scale fishing communities; to promote sustainable methods of fishing and to preserve the distinctive and often ignored varieties of fish species. One of the many Slow Fish stories this year was that of ... Read More