Winning Over Italy

A "heel to toe" look at Italy by C.C. Winning

CC Winning

CC Winning, Charles Cameron Winning, was born, raised and educated in
Glasgow, Scotland.
From the age of 14 he was always writing, mainly songs, so after gaining his degree in Hotel Management he moved to London to be nearer the music scene. He supported himself with jobs in the hotel business until he got the opportunity to work in the music industry. 

Starting in studio support he became more involved with
production and production management working alongside many famous
artists. Live aid was an intense time. After his daughter, Daisy, was born, he reverted to a more stable career.
First as a purchasing manager for a legal company and later as a golf club
manager. Then he met his wife Maria who encouraged his writing talents
and creative work.

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"Excerpts from the Blog"

Charles

Red Herrings and Crazy Waters

Now I sit, nervous and panicking, as I try to look casually intelligent and interesting. Occupying a comfortable plastic-coated armchair, which refuses to yield and lets my body slip slowly down until I’m almost horizontal.
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Alba gu bràth (part 1)

It is more than three months since we returned from our trip to Scotland and not a day goes by that I do not look at the photos with nostalgia.
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Gallicianò It’s all Greek to me

It was during one of my most fascinating days in Calabria that I’ve finally begun to understand the cultural differences that make up a nation we call Italy. The differences between the north, the central belt and the south. Roman, Spanish, Norman, Arab….and Greek.
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The Story of Dave the Chair

The story of Dave The Chair, two-head John and Danny probably started back in the 18th century during the colonial wars….or maybe even before! A time when injured war veterans and the slightly odd in society were cast out onto the streets to beg. Their reward.
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“Hot Summer Nights!”

The last echoes of a solo trumpet drift across the Straits of Messina towards the dying sun. The sky changes colours like the textures of diminishing chords.
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DOWN MEMORY GLEN

A rare trip home to Scotland for my nephew’s wedding and an opportunity to show my Italian wife a little more than just a soupçon of Glasgow or the suburbs of Edinburgh, her only real previous experience of my homeland….
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Acqua Pazza

Edizione Inglese
di CC Winning (Autore)

Everything above the water looks serene and pretty, but the current below is anything but. Hugh (Big Mac) MacMilan has had a rough year, including a bitter divorce and a police caution and his job as a journalist at a provincial newspaper is on the line. He decies to take a year’s sabbatical to get his head together and maybe write a book. He settles in a small fishing town in Sicily…he doesn’t want love or trouble, just the pleasures of good food and lots of sun. But then a friend goes missing and the darker side of town begins to tumble out and Commissario Guidi gets involved. The book seems to write itself.

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