On Venice. My Venice ; On the beating heart of the city ; Garbage ; The casinò ; Gypsies ; Italian bureaucracy ; Diplomatic incident ; Non mangiare, ti fa male ; Miss Venice Hilton ; New neighbors ; The house from hell ; Shit ; Neighbor ; Tourists ; Da Giorgio ; On poor people -- On music. A bad hair night at the opera ; On beauty and freedom in the opera ; Confessions of an American Handel junkie ; Da capo (Callas) ; Anne Sofie von Otter ; Deformazione professionale -- On mankind and animals. Mice ; Hunters ; Gladys ; Cesare ; Badgers ; The woman from Dübendorf (Gastone) ; Tell me you forgive me, Professor Grzimek ; Moles ; Battle report ; Blitz ; My first time eating sheep's eyeball -- On men. Bosoms ; The Italian man ; Instincts ; Oh beautiful little foot ; It's a dick thing ; A trivial erotic game = okay, so I'm a Puritan ; I want a few good men ; The developer ; Saudi Arabia ; The New York man -- On America. My family ; Tomato empire ; My mother's funeral ; Fatties ; We'd all be hamburger, Ma'am ; On sprüngli and CNN ; The United States of Paranoia -- On books. E-mail monsters ; With Barbara Vine ; No tears for Lady Di ; Suggestions on writing the crime novel ; On dinner with an American physician.