FILM OF DEBATE: Modernisation, development and conservation. Click on the image below to view this film
Book review of Roger Scruton’s ‘Green Philosophy’: weaknesses in thinking seriously about the planet. Click on the image below to read the review
After the Aquarius ship episode, how the #EU and #Italy are failing migrants. My article published by @spikedonline
This article was published on 20 June 2018. This is a link to it: FORTRESS EUROPE IS NO FRIEND OF MIGRANTS The text of the article is below; FORTRESS EUROPE IS NO FRIEND OF MIGRANTS It criticises Italy, yet the EU has been blocking migrants for decades. DOMINIC STANDISH LECTURER AND AUTHOR After the Aquarius ship carrying migrants was refused … Continue reading
My assessment of the new Italian government and how undemocratic it is, published by @spikedonline
The new Italian government has 8 unelected, technocratic ministers and EU institutions have again played significant roles in the formation of an Italian government. You can read the article, published on 7 June 2018, by clicking on this link below; TREATING ITALY LIKE A EURO-COLONY The text of the article is also below: TREATING ITALY … Continue reading
Sky news live interview with me on Italy, government, new elections and Italy exit from the EU
Sky news live interview with me on Italy, government, new elections and Italy exit from the EU, broadcast on 28 May 2018. Click on the link below to view the footage;
THE THWARTING OF ITALIAN DEMOCRACY. My article on Italy, its election and towards a new government. Published by Spiked
‘THE THWARTING OF ITALIAN DEMOCRACY.’ How EU officials are overriding Italy’s popular will. My article on Italy, its election and towards a new government on Spiked-online published 24 May 2018 on this link; THE THWARTING OF ITALIAN DEMOCRACY Article text; THE THWARTING OF ITALIAN DEMOCRACY How EU officials are overriding Italy’s popular will. Dominic Standish … Continue reading
NOW IT’S TIME FOR ‘ITALEAVE’ – My article on Italy’s general election
The article in the link and text below on the general election in Italy held on 4 March 2018 was published by Spiked on 7 March 2018; NOW IT’S TIME FOR ‘ITALEAVE’ DOMINIC STANDISH LECTURER AND AUTHOR Italy’s politicians must listen to the public and consider leaving the EU. The General Election in Italy … Continue reading
Decisions made for Venice cruise ships, channel routes and offshore platform.
A meeting was held on 7 November 2017 in Rome of the ‘Comitatone’ committee charged with managing Venice and its lagoon. This committee includes representatives of the national government and local administrators, including the Mayor of Venice. After years of debate about different scenarios for cruise ships navigating the Venetian Lagoon, it was decided … Continue reading
Gender and gondoliers in #Venice; my comments in The Guardian
On 29 June 2017, the UK newspaper The Guardian published an article titled ‘Patriarchy on the canal: why is there only one female gondolier in Venice?’, written by Angela Giuffrida. To read the article in full, click on the link below; Patriarchy on the canal: why is there only one female gondolier in Venice? The … Continue reading
Article in The Epoch Times on Venice and tourism with contrasting views, including my own
This insightful and perceptive article by Angela Giuffrida was published on 31 May 2017 in The Epoch Times, which is based in the USA but is published in 21 languages and 35 countries. It includes different interpretations of how tourism is impacting Venice today and its historical role, including my own comments. Click on the … Continue reading
The mobile dam system in Venice is delayed by four years, but claimed as being six months late.
After an agreement on Wednesday 29 March 2017, an article in the newspaper Corriere Del Veneto claimed on 30 March 2017 that the delivery of Venice’s MOSE mobile dam system had slipped by six months. Yet the very same newspaper published an article on 28 April 2015 in which it was stated that the same … Continue reading
New book; ‘More than Cricket and Football: International Sport and the Challenge of Celebrity’
This book has just been published and explores different personalities in sport who have also generated media reputations outside their home countries. The book can be ordered from the publishers by clicking on the link below; http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1992 It is principally a sociological anthology with contributors from many different parts of the world. It includes … Continue reading
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Book Review of ‘Venice in Environmental Peril? Myth and Reality’ by Elisabetta Gasparoni. Click on the image below to read the review on Spiked Review of Books
New York Times/International Herald Tribune. My comments on Pierre Cardin’s proposed LIght Palace for Venice. Click on the image below to read the article
‘Plumbing the depths: the battle for the oceans’. Debate at ‘Battle of Ideas’ Conference, Barbican, London, 17 October 2015. Click on image below for 6 minute film of introductory remarks by Dominic Standish
‘Plumbing the depths: the battle for the oceans’. Click on ‘Battle of Ideas’ image below for debate speaker and topic details, plus a Soundcloud link to listen to the debate.
Inside Venice’s bid to hold back the tide – my comments in The Guardian newspaper website. Click on the picture below to go to the article
Film of debate: ‘Death in Venice: Is Tourism Killing or Saving the City?’ Click on the image below to view this film
‘Italy: Renewables Policy as a Barrier to Energy Innovation.’ Click on the image below for a link to the paper
