James Appleton

Freelance editor, writer & communicator (inc. @lonelyplanet. @ItalyMagazine). Englishman desperate for acceptance in Italy.

[Jay Motty @JayMotty]

This is better than any speech from a politician we’ve heard recently 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

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[Crazy Ass Moments in Italian Politics @CrazyItalianPol]

Former culture undersecretary Vittorio Sgarbi defends the girl who climbed Giambologna's Bacchus statue in Florence miming a sexual act.

"It is a transfiguration: when art is truer than life. An amorous exaltation. No real man can compete with Cellini's Perseus. A drunk girl performs a critical act, not an erotic one."

July 16, 2024

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[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@maxrushden @guardian_sport @bglendenning @robyniocowen @JohnBrewin_ Would a France v England final be the worst game of football ever played anywhere?

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@maxrushden How do I add a community note on this thing

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@maxrushden @guardian_sport @NickyBandini @markpougatch @bglendenning Are Türkiyë are the ultimate dark horses? Underperform at so many tournaments where they were tipped as dark horses until people wrote them off and then flew out of nowhere to kill this year's dark horses.

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@maxrushden Don't know about you Max but Turkey are my dark horses

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@maxrushden They weren't good but neither was anyone else, so generally I'd lean towards keeping on the players that you know can conjure goals

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@maxrushden @guardian_sport Who was it that said on yesterday's pod this wouldn't become stultifying like the Denmark game?

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@maxrushden @guardian_sport @marklangdon @PhilippeAuclair @bglendenning Do you remember the heady days of three weeks ago when we were all pleased by the adventurous squad selection by Southgate? Does he remember he brought a whole load of other players too?

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@maxrushden @guardian_sport @NickyBandini @GeorgeElek @bglendenning If all the first three were to happen and England were to beat Slovenia 4-1, Slovenia and Croatia would come down to disciplinary record to break the tie as they'd be level on goal difference and goals scored

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@maxrushden @guardian_sport @NickyBandini @GeorgeElek @bglendenning Might be too late Max but I've been doing PERMUTATIONS. I think Croatia can still go through if:
- Turkey beat Czechia
- Portugal beat Georgia
- Denmark beat Serbia
- England beat Slovenia 3-0 OR by four clear goals

What makes me think the last criterion will be the hardest...

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@bglendenning @maxrushden @guardian_sport @archiert1 @JohnBrewin_ @mrewanmurray Fair. Though there are nerves in Italy. But always hard to tell how much is pessimism and how much is superstition.

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@maxrushden @guardian_sport @archiert1 @bglendenning @JohnBrewin_ @mrewanmurray ...meaningless game between Spain and Italy could have consequences, especially if Italy lose and find themselves having to get something against a desperate Croatia in the last game to guarantee progress.

Three teams may of course still go through, but it's far from certain.

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@maxrushden @guardian_sport @archiert1 @bglendenning @JohnBrewin_ @mrewanmurray Albania and Croatia, both on one point after two games, fail to win against Spain and Italy respectively in their final games, meaning the team in third would have a maximum of two points and would almost certainly be heading home. Equally, even tonight's supposedly...

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@kestinen @giulio_mattioli Ahaha 🤝

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@giulio_mattioli I'm just speculating. But now I live abroad I can see how shocking it is. My small hometown late on a Friday is carnage every single week, the like of which I haven't even seen in Italy when they've won at football...

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@giulio_mattioli ... Drinkers end up in locations and time periods with like-minded people where drinking is the sole activity and objective, then at the end of that period get turned out onto the street.

[James Appleton @LovableJim]

@giulio_mattioli In terms of venue, though... I feel like British authorities' responses to problems with alcohol have been successive attempts to limit where/how/when you can drink, which just results in a sort of kettling....