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      19/01/2021

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      04/07/2020

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      06/01/2019

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      11/02/2022

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      Let’s have a giggle with the G words

      12/10/2021

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      The F words can be fetching

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      Quirky vocab

      E is for exuberance

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      Quirky vocab

      D is for devious virgins

      19/01/2021

      Quirky vocab

      The C words can be cute

      02/09/2020

      Quirky vocab

      The B words are the best

      04/07/2020

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      The A words can be aggro

      03/04/2020

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      Are you a lampadato?

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      Blazing start to 2023 Europa! Europa film festival

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      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

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      Being French … étant français

      08/12/2019

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      Some basic French: les noms et les articles

      13/05/2019

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      Let’s chat up French people and have fat…

      28/02/2019

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      Romance languages resonate at Eurovision 2025

      18/05/2025

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      14/05/2022

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      03/08/2019

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      Renaud’s ode to idiotic brothers-in-law

      25/07/2019

      French music

      French chansons from the fairer sex

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      It’s party time for the Italian Film Festival

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      What you need to know about the 2024…

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      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

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      Why Naples is the hot spot of Italian…

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      Nostalgia can be fatal in Naples

      25/09/2022

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      Belly laughs in Belli ciao

      19/09/2022

      Italian

      Fun and vino at the 2022 Italian Film…

      11/09/2022

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      Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

      14/05/2022

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      The best movies at the 2024 Italian Film…

      18/10/2024

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      It’s party time for the Italian Film Festival

      04/10/2024

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      What you need to know about the 2024…

      02/09/2024

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      Europa! Europa 2024: it’s a biggie!

      13/02/2024

      Italian film

      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

      12/02/2023

      Italian film

      Why Naples is the hot spot of Italian…

      11/10/2022

      Italian film

      Nostalgia can be fatal in Naples

      25/09/2022

      Italian film

      Belly laughs in Belli ciao

      19/09/2022

      Italian film

      Fun and vino at the 2022 Italian Film…

      11/09/2022

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      The best comedies of the 2021 Italian Film…

      27/11/2021

      Italian film

      Italian Film Festival director banishes lockdown blues

      20/10/2021

      Italian film

      The Ties (Lacci) opens 2021 Italian Film Festival

      05/10/2021

      Italian grammar

      Italian nouns make sopranos virile

      11/11/2019

      Italian grammar

      Conquering plurals in Italian, Henry’s here to help

      07/06/2019

      Italian grammar

      Are Italians naughty by nature?

      31/05/2019

      Italian music

      Romance languages resonate at Eurovision 2025

      18/05/2025

      Italian music

      Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

      14/05/2022

      Italian music

      Måneskin, Italy and native languages triumph at Eurovision

      24/05/2021

      Italian music

      Start flying in Italian with Marco Mengoni

      29/05/2019

      Italian music

      The secret habits of surprising Italians

      10/02/2019

      Italian verbs

      Being Italian: is your ego under control?

      28/03/2019

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      French

      The best of the 2025 new year fireworks

      02/01/2025

      French

      Hits of the 2024 French Film Festival

      12/04/2024

      French film

      Europa! Europa 2024: it’s a biggie!

      13/02/2024

      Europe

      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

      12/02/2023

      Romanian film

      Hits of the 2024 French Film Festival

      12/04/2024

      Romanian film

      Europa! Europa 2024: it’s a biggie!

      13/02/2024

      Romanian film

      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

      12/02/2023

      Romanian film

      Collective: a study of corruption at its worst…

      05/05/2021

      Romanian grammar

      Do your head in with the rudiments of…

      24/06/2020

      Romanian grammar

      The quirks of Romania and Romanian

      18/08/2019

      Romanian grammar

      Limber up for the limba română

      19/03/2019

      Romanian grammar

      Being Romanian gets knees up and tongues wagging

      10/01/2019

      Romanian music

      Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

      14/05/2022

      Romanian music

      ABCD’s rhapsody in white and blue

      07/11/2019

      Romanian music

      What do you see when a shooting star…

      14/07/2019

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      Romance languages resonate at Eurovision 2025

      18/05/2025

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      The best of the 2025 new year fireworks

      02/01/2025

      French film

      The best films at Europa! Europa 2024

      07/03/2024

      French film

      Europa! Europa 2024: it’s a biggie!

      13/02/2024

      Europe

      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

      12/02/2023

      French

      Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

      14/05/2022

      French film

      Mardi Gras Film Festival goes national with new…

      17/02/2021

      Portuguese

      LS Jack and the dangers of liposuction

      08/01/2021

      Portuguese

      Fatima: a cinematic vision well worth seeing

      14/09/2020

      Portuguese

      Dark moments in Night Train to Lisbon

      06/09/2020

      Portuguese

      Get a grip on masculine and feminine forms…

      27/06/2019

      Portuguese

      Flower power: Portugal’s Carnation Revolution

      31/03/2019

      Portuguese film

      The best films at Europa! Europa 2024

      07/03/2024

      Portuguese film

      Europa! Europa 2024: it’s a biggie!

      13/02/2024

      Portuguese film

      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

      12/02/2023

      Portuguese film

      Mardi Gras Film Festival goes national with new…

      17/02/2021

      Portuguese film

      Fatima: a cinematic vision well worth seeing

      14/09/2020

      Portuguese film

      Dark moments in Night Train to Lisbon

      06/09/2020

      Portuguese grammar

      Get a grip on masculine and feminine forms…

      27/06/2019

      Portuguese grammar

      The most frequent palavras em português are…

      17/03/2019

      Portuguese grammar

      Spying on the haves and have nots in…

      05/02/2013

      Portuguese music

      Romance languages resonate at Eurovision 2025

      18/05/2025

      Portuguese music

      Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

      14/05/2022

      Portuguese music

      LS Jack and the dangers of liposuction

      08/01/2021

      Portuguese music

      Flower power: Portugal’s Carnation Revolution

      31/03/2019

      Portuguese music

      Oarsome song by José Afonso and Os Golpes

      28/03/2019

      Portuguese music

      Capital Inicial, playing with feeling

      09/03/2019

      Portuguese music

      Sweet sounds from Angola

      29/01/2019

      Portuguese music

      Let’s go diving with the Gurus

      02/10/2013

      Portuguese verbs

      Being Portuguese is complicated

      28/03/2019

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      18/05/2025

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      02/01/2025

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      Female filmmakers shine at Spanish film festival

      16/07/2024

      Spanish

      Latino flair in the 2024 Spanish Film Festival

      30/06/2024

      Spanish

      2024 Spanish Film Festival line-up revealed

      11/06/2024

      French film

      The best films at Europa! Europa 2024

      07/03/2024

      French film

      Europa! Europa 2024: it’s a biggie!

      13/02/2024

      Spanish

      Strong Latino line-up at Spanish Film Festival

      18/06/2023

      Spanish

      Tapas, tequila and live flamenco dancing: viva the…

      12/06/2023

      Spanish

      Tasty start to 2023 Spanish Film Festival

      05/06/2023

      Spanish

      As Bestas (The Beasts) triumphs at 2023 Goya…

      27/02/2023

      Europe

      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

      12/02/2023

      Spanish film

      Female filmmakers shine at Spanish film festival

      16/07/2024

      Spanish film

      Latino flair in the 2024 Spanish Film Festival

      30/06/2024

      Spanish film

      2024 Spanish Film Festival line-up revealed

      11/06/2024

      Spanish film

      The best films at Europa! Europa 2024

      07/03/2024

      Spanish film

      Europa! Europa 2024: it’s a biggie!

      13/02/2024

      Spanish film

      Strong Latino line-up at Spanish Film Festival

      18/06/2023

      Spanish film

      Tapas, tequila and live flamenco dancing: viva the…

      12/06/2023

      Spanish film

      Tasty start to 2023 Spanish Film Festival

      05/06/2023

      Spanish film

      As Bestas (The Beasts) triumphs at 2023 Goya…

      27/02/2023

      Spanish film

      Romance languages dominate the 2023 Europa! Europa film…

      12/02/2023

      Spanish film

      El Olvido Que Seremos: a film anti-vaxxers should…

      12/05/2022

      Spanish film

      Fernando Trueba’s ‘crazy’ idea: making Forgotten We’ll Be

      08/05/2022

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      10/11/2019

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      Romance languages resonate at Eurovision 2025

      18/05/2025

      Spanish music

      Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

      14/05/2022

      Spanish music

      Carolina Durante: the band of a bride’s dreams

      11/07/2021

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      Cumbia Colombiana from surprising sources

      30/12/2020

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      Carlos Vives’ Colombian conquest (and Teló’s too)

      15/02/2019

      Spanish music

      Roll your Rs like J Balvin

      19/01/2019

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      The refrains in Spain aren’t plain

      13/01/2019

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      Vale Diomedes Diaz

      28/12/2013

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      02/01/2025

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      Hop to it: it’s the Year of the…

      29/01/2023

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      11/02/2022

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      12/10/2021

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      The Year of the Ox could be a…

      14/02/2021

      Quirky vocab

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      24/01/2021

      Hot topics

      E is for exuberance

      22/01/2021

      Quirky vocab

      D is for devious virgins

      19/01/2021

      Quirky vocab

      The C words can be cute

      02/09/2020

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      04/07/2020

      Hot topics

      Happy Easter, have you got enough dough?

      12/04/2020

      Quirky vocab

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      03/04/2020

      Food

      Vital words for summer survival

      26/09/2019

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      30/06/2019

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      13/02/2019

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      02/01/2025

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      Hop to it: it’s the Year of the…

      29/01/2023

      Hot topics

      The Year of the Ox could be a…

      14/02/2021

      Hot topics

      E is for exuberance

      22/01/2021

      Hot topics

      Happy Easter, have you got enough dough?

      12/04/2020

      Hot topics

      What to do in mysterious earthquake swarms

      07/10/2019

      Hot topics

      Meet Anton, the gifted son of a blobfish

      14/09/2019

      Hot topics

      Newsroom blooper: In Brazil they speak Spanish? No,…

      25/06/2019

      Hot topics

      Mujica v Kirchner: it takes an old bag…

      12/04/2019

      Hot topics

      In pursuit of the hirsute

      29/03/2019

      Hot topics

      Doors are dumb asses, really

      20/02/2019

      Hot topics

      This is your lucky day

      06/01/2019

      Quirky vocab

      The H words are a happy bunch, mostly

      11/02/2022

      Quirky vocab

      Let’s have a giggle with the G words

      12/10/2021

      Quirky vocab

      The F words can be fetching

      24/01/2021

      Quirky vocab

      E is for exuberance

      22/01/2021

      Quirky vocab

      D is for devious virgins

      19/01/2021

      Quirky vocab

      The C words can be cute

      02/09/2020

      Quirky vocab

      The B words are the best

      04/07/2020

      Quirky vocab

      The A words can be aggro

      03/04/2020

      Quirky vocab

      Are you a lampadato?

      23/03/2020

      Quirky vocab

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      01/08/2019

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      The amazing story of how days got their…

      08/06/2019

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    ItalianItalian film

    Nostalgia can be fatal in Naples

    by Bernard O'Shea 25/09/2022
    written by Bernard O'Shea
    25/09/2022
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    Belly laughs in Belli ciao

    by Bernard O'Shea 19/09/2022
    by Bernard O'Shea 19/09/2022

    The 2022 Italian Film Festival got off to wonderful start with the rip-roaring comedy Belli…

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    Fun and vino at the 2022 Italian Film Festival

    by Bernard O'Shea 11/09/2022
    by Bernard O'Shea 11/09/2022

    The 2022 Italian Film Festival begins with some fanfare this week at Palace Cinemas in…

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    Lost Illusions: a film to make every decent journalist cringe

    by Bernard O'Shea 09/07/2022
    written by Bernard O'Shea
    09/07/2022
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    The Kitchen Brigade serve up a real treat

    by Bernard O'Shea 27/06/2022
    by Bernard O'Shea 27/06/2022

    The French consistently make great feel-good films in which jaded, disillusioned adults are lumped together…

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    Romance languages at Eurovision 2022

    by Bernard O'Shea 14/05/2022
    by Bernard O'Shea 14/05/2022

    Of the Romance-language speaking countries, Portugal, Romania and Moldova progressed from the semis to the…

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    El Olvido Que Seremos: a film anti-vaxxers should see

    by Bernard O'Shea 12/05/2022
    written by Bernard O'Shea
    12/05/2022
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    Fernando Trueba’s ‘crazy’ idea: making Forgotten We’ll Be

    by Bernard O'Shea 08/05/2022
    by Bernard O'Shea 08/05/2022

    When Fernando Trueba was approached by Colombian writer Héctor Abad Faciolince to turn his memoir…

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    Extraordinary parting shots in Farewell Mr Haffmann

    by Bernard O'Shea 01/05/2022
    by Bernard O'Shea 01/05/2022

    One of the most talked about films of the 2022 French Film Festival, Farewell Mr…

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Bernard, sometimes known as Bernardo or Bernardinho to his friends, or Bernardescu in Romania, is a journalist and travel writer based in Sydney, where the Aussies tend to call him Bernie. Although English is Bernardo’s specialty, he was taught French and Latin at school (most of it forgotten, particularly the Latin) and studied French at University. Later in life, after being inspired by his first visit to Brazil, he tackled Portuguese. Unfortunately the Portuguese seemed to take up the space in his brain where the French once was.

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