Giovanni spoke in Italian about the journey made by Italian émigrés to the UK early in the 20^thCentury and their initial shock at the grey skies and cold weather that met them. Focussing particularly on the Italian community in Ipswich, he illustrated the type of work they undertook – not only selling Italian ice cream, but also knife grinding, fortune telling and walking the streets playing the barrel organ – with some fascinating photographs. Many of the Italian immigrants to Ipswich came from the Campania region and were employed in the Cranes Textiles business. Giovanni went on to discuss how Italians living in the UK maintained their own cultural traditions. Today, Italian food is widely available but a century ago even spaghetti was a rarity! Giovanni concluded his talk with examples of how Italian culture, from football’s Fabio Capelli to films, food, the Estorick Art Gallery and the specialist Italian Book shop in London, now permeates life in the UK.