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Throughout history there have been many reasons to come to Trastevere, the area on the west side of the Tiber which in Latin was called trans Tiberim,
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Il cuoco segreto dei papi. Eminent food historian June di Schino and Furio Luccichenti, winners of the 2008 Bancarella della Cucina prize, explore the life, times and recipes of the 16th-century chef to...
The Italy national rugby team that will go into the 2009 Six Nations Championship on 7 February is a very different beast from the one that entered the tournament last year. Twelve months ago there was an air of confiden...
Just over a decade ago, in 1998, Rabbi Yaacov Deyo of Aish HaTorah in Los Angeles introduced the idea of speed dating to help Jewish singles meet each other and find a partner. Since then it has become a craze in many pa...
Verdi was commissioned by Khedive Ismail Pasha of Egypt to write Aida not for the opening of the Suez Canal (1869) as is often stated, but for the Italian Theatre in Cairo, where it opened with sensational success on 24...
Back in the 1970s, Italians were quick to make snide remarks to Americans such as myself about the racism in the United States, and, since there was truth in what they said, the only possible retort was to remind them th...
Exiting metro B at Cavour on the Via Leonina side, up on your left there is a stone inscription reading SVBVRA. As the term, meaning Sub Urbs, suggests, welcome to what was once Rome
Hot towels and green tea are served. Are you ready to stuff yourself silly with a flow of culinary delights, to dig into plates of raw ingredients accompanied by miso soup, freshly grated wasabi and pickled ginger? Don
On the far side of the Castelli Romani town of Albano Laziale, coming from Rome and just before you turn into the neighbouring town of Ariccia, a remnant of the Old Appian Way snakes down towards the church of S. Maria d...
If you look very carefully, you can see where a crack ran through the left shoulder and breast of Raphael
Maybe the Alitalia saga will one day have a happy ending; airplanes bearing the well-known green, white and red triangular
The Christmas period in Rome officially began on 8 December, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, although decorations were displayed in the streets and shop windows even in November. According to the local tradition,...
This has been a rollercoaster year by even the very mobile standards of Italian politics; some of the shocks have come from outside the country, such as the autumn financial crisis, but most have been self-inflicted.
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December dates
The holiday season in the eternal city starts 1 Dec with the opening of the arts and crafts fair in Piazza Navona. A great place to knock out some Christmas shopping, the market is open daily from 10.00 t...
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Acorn International School in Rome is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Year 1 teacher for immediate start. Our school provides a vibrant, bilingual (English-Italian) environ...
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