In just over 12 months, the TV Italian Style podcast has received over 1,000 downloads. The first episode went live on January 15th 2024, and yesterday, February 14th 2025, I received the notification that there had been 1,000 downloads across the 26-episode series. It’s been a fun learning experience for me writing and producing the […]| rahresearch
It’s a bittersweet moment today as I just finished editing and uploading the final episode of the ‘TV Italian Style’ podcast that has been the main output of my British Academy Small Research Grant and the associated project that’s been exploring Italian variety television and its stars between 1954 and 1976. If you haven’t already […]| rahresearch
I was lucky enough to secure a Small Research Grant from the British Academy back in March 2023, which has provided me with funding to continue with the ‘Stasera in TV’ project on Italian variety television and its stars during the first 22 years of television in Italy. I was and am very grateful to […]| rahresearch
This is an excerpt from a presentation I gave at the University of Bath in April 2023. I now want to share it more widely: Thank you to Enrico Cecconi for organising this event and to Royston Vince, who has inspired me to be more aware of what writing means for my identity and to […]| rahresearch
It’s already May 2023 and I don’t know where the year is going! The last time I posted here was October 2022 and since then, I’ve been slowly working on a range of fun research things. It’s getting harder to balance work on Italian culture and media with my 9-5 job, but I’m making some […]| rahresearch
As was always going to happen, I’ve found another series to try to watch during this last week in Rome. Musica alla ribalta from 1959 is a fascinating series that showcases popular and some classical music from Italy and around the world. Directed by Vito Molinari and Romolo Siena (they seem to take turns directing […]| rahresearch
Yesterday, I started reflecting on all the materials I have been able to watch whilst I’ve been in Rome, and how I might organise my thoughts into something that is coherent and also says som…| rahresearch
I’m finding at the moment I’m very easily distracted. Granted, there is much going on in the world at the moment that is distracting (other adjectives would also be very appropriate her…| rahresearch
This is an extract from the paper I presented at a conference in December, which marked the centenary of Marcello Mastroianni’s birth. I focused on Mastroianni’s appearances on Italian …| rahresearch
I’ve been a bit quiet on here this year as I am still trying to find my feet and my identity as a ‘Post Career Researcher’! But I’ve been keeping busy in the background and …| rahresearch