Depth vs. Distraction – rediscovering the power of long-form reading – The Citizen

[ad_1] Has your attention span gotten shorter? I know mine has. The constant barrage of tweets, status updates, text messages, and bite-sized blurbs caters to a world that values immediacy…

Brescia and Bergamo — rediscovering Italy’s twin treasures

[ad_1] She is, they say, Brescia’s most beautiful woman. The Vittoria Alata, or Winged Victory: a statue two metres high, modelled in wax about 2,000 years ago, then cast in…