Dstandish's Weblog

Profile: I live in the Veneto region of Italy with my wife, Laura, & 2 sons, Riccardo and Steffan. I teach for the University of Iowa (USA). My book 'Venice in Environmental Peril? Myth and Reality' was published by UPA in the USA in January 2012. Blog posts about problems, challenges and improvements related to Venice are added regularly to this weblog. My writing publications are also added to themed pages. I hope you enjoy the content.

Posts by Dominic Standish:

• ‘From Saudi to Sheffield: is football still the beautiful game?’ I will be one of the speakers at this debate at the exciting Battle of Ideas Festival 18-19 October 2025.
• ‘Tourism’s Horizon: Travel for the Millions’ book edited by Jim Butcher including a contribution from me on Venice.
• Battle Book Club: Running the Risk – From Shark Attacks to Nuclear Disaster
• ‘Stop moaning about Jeff Bezos’s wedding.’ My article published by Spiked about protests against the Bezos and Sánchez wedding celebrations in Venice.
• The Venice entry ticket restarts with new clampdowns
• Debate about nuclear power at the Battle of Ideas Festival, including my introduction and contributions.
• ‘A populist surge is coming’. Anti-establishment parties could be about to transform European politics in EU parliamentary elections 6-9 June. My article published by Spiked.
• ‘Is the EU going cool on Net Zero?’ Farmers’ protests and populist parties have weakened formidable EU climate policies that threaten to impoverish Europeans. My article published by spiked.
• ‘Venice ‘bookable’: Italians lose freedom of movement.’ My article published by Good Tourism (GT) about the problems for the first ‘bookable’ city.
• ‘How Italy and the UK lost control of their borders’. My article about migration issues published by Spiked.