Italy out of contrast

From: The Sunday Herald | Date: January 19, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

the dark heart of italy: Travels through space and time across italy by tobias jones(faber, (pounds) 16.99)

IF you judge a country by its television, Italy must be in a desperate state. On average, Italians watch around 240 minutes per day, which is one of the more mindboggling statistics quoted by Tobias Jones. Anyone who thinks British television is on the skids need only spend a weekend channel hopping in Italy, where nutmeg- complexioned Lotharios and Barbarellas with Grand Canyon cleavages make one pine for the intellectual gravitas of Cilla Black. On one station during an election, ...

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