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A dewy dawn over the Venetian mainland and green grassy slopes unfolding toward the blue Dolomite mountains to primrose yellow or pomegranate pink skies, ordinary people in fluttering robes or naked, made to look sacred,...
Two of the great food and farming events of the world took place concurrently in Turin in late October: the biennial Salone del Gusto giant food fair and Terra Madre, the convention for small-scale farmers from around th...
As a Neapolitan guidebook declared at the dawn of the 18th century,
When it comes to selecting an olive oil, Italians are in the enviable position of having too much choice. Entire supermarket aisles are dedicated to this product and a drive out into the country reveals farmers who produ...
It was 09.05 and the commentator on the BBC World News gave a gasp. She was reading out the falling figures on the European stock exchanges, only minutes after they had opened. However her tone was closer to what she mig...
Assuming all goes smoothly, the United States and the world should wake up on 5 November knowing the name of the 44th president of the United States. Either Barack Hussein Obama, junior senator from Illinois, or John Sid...
Halloween
The Brits and the Irish seem to take to Halloween like no one else. And we
The 2007 Italian wine harvest was one of the most unusual of the last few decades, both because it was one of the smallest and because it came so early. This year
The following is a roundup of some of the best exhibitions showing in Rome at present. The choice ranges from the ancient to the contemporary and as all the exhibitions last until the beginning of next year there is plen...
Is it a sign of things to come? A few weeks ago, in Castel Volturno in the province of Caserta north of Naples, Italy had the worst outbreak of racial violence since it reluctantly became transformed from a super-homogen...
Standing room only in the conference room of Rome
This is a time not only to go apple and pumpkin picking but also to pick out great fashion pieces for autumn. There is no need to wait for temperatures to drop; this year
Opera was born in Italy, and so too were the main exponents of bel canto such as Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini: Handel, one of the early protagonists, was German by birth but Italian by musical training. Theatres throug...
Not long ago Piazza Navona used to be the playground for centre-city kids. In the mornings it would be full of mothers and babies in pushchairs (plus grandmothers and English au-pairs); in the afternoon it was full of sc...
Excavate anywhere in the historic centre of Rome and something will turn up. When work started on the Auditorium Parco della Musica in the 1990s unusual Roman farm buildings came to light. Work stopped, plans were re-dra...
The Alitalia saga continues, an apparently unending telenovela, or soap opera, which would be downright funny if its possible consequences weren
Travel news
With the recent warning from British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh that 30 more airlines could go bust by Christmas you
With its wide and regular streets and post-unification architecture, Prati is in many ways the antithesis of the historic centre of Rome. However, despite the fact that it lacks the charm of many of the older parts of th...
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Acorn International School Seeks Year 1 teacher for immediate start
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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