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At the moment Rome is offering some of the most stimulating historical art shows in the world. That its private galleries have always concerned themselves with live contemporary shows is known only to a few elect who are...
Colours have always marked Italian politics so finding an unattached one for the Popolo Viola was not easy. The grassroots movement that began in 2009 took purple so as not to be too obviously colour-coded. It is a touch...
Ravenna, the northern Italian city famed for its Byzantine mosaics, makes an unusual, but not inappropriate, venue for a current exhibition on the British Pre-Raphaelite movement. As Christopher Newall, a leading expert...
Imagine being a Rome taxi driver. You sit around in taxi ranks, sometimes for an hour or two, trying to keep your place in a non-existent line.* At last someone jumps into your vehicle, certainly in a hurry. You are told...
Some places are so beautiful that they can only be described by a story. The island of Ischia is one of those places. Legend has it that after creating the universe, in a moment of passion God created Ischia, the island...
No matter where you stop to eat in Rome, you will find wonderful food. And the small, often family-run trattoria may be serving dishes that are not all that different to what was in vogue 2,000 years ago. You can find hi...
All local elections give politicians and pundits a feel of what a country is thinking and are often just treated as a barometer for the government; but the regional elections in 13 out of Italy
Sometimes it feels as if things in Italy never change; at others that they change so quickly that it is impossible to understand what is going on. The political happenings in early March fell into the second category....
Like most of my friends in the canine world, I am still licking my wounds after a Hungarian Vizsla walked off with the Best in Show prize at Crufts 2010, the world
From buffalo mozzarella to Parma ham, from Roman pecorino to mortadella from Bologna, right through to Neapolitan pizza, Italy shows off its regional specialities with pride. And just like the most self-respecting fashio...
The Italian national statistics agency ISTAT recently published a document called Noi, Italia, which provides a snapshot of Italy as it was at the end of 2008. Below are some salient facts from the report that help under...
Although the famous gardens of Villa Borghese are lovely at any time of the year, the brisk days of winter and early spring, when the air is fresh and crisp, are an ideal time to visit.
The garden occupies an area of gi...
Teatro S. Carlo in Naples opened its 2010 season in January in a completely restored opera house. The gold and stucco work in the main auditorium has been returned to its original splendour and now shines so brightly tha...
As we write it is hard to know exactly how the latest scandal will play out. We don
On 1 March foreigners in Italy are organising a 24-hour strike to underline their role in the country and to protest against recent episodes of racism and discrimination. Inspired by a similar protest in France on the sa...
Rome has often been described as an open-air museum but its picturesque majesty and theatricality also lend themselves to providing an excellent film set. Be it ancient Roman splendour, baroque decadence or neo-realistic...
Two days before Christmas 2009, 350 people gathered in Piazza Vittorio in the Esquilino district of Rome for a community photo. The group was diverse in nationality, age, gender, social status, religion and occupation. I...
The Six Nations rugby championship returns to Rome in February and tickets are sold out for the two home matches in the capital: Italy against England on 14 February at 15.30, and against Scotland on 27 February at 14.30...
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