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by Andrew Edwards | Mon, 05/28/2012 - 07:34
The name Thomas Coryate is little known today, yet in the time of Shakespeare he was one of Jacobean England's most famous travellers and renowned eccentrics…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Wed, 05/23/2012 - 04:43
words by Gabi LoganGiovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino were two key members of the antimafia pool who, risking their lives, worked tirelessly to investigate…
Culture
by Elizabeth Ganl… | Mon, 03/12/2012 - 05:20
With its first screening on the 7th of March in Rome, the new documentary, Tre donne nel Risorgimento tra amore e rivoluzione (Three Women in the Risorgimento…
Culture
by Sylvia Downes | Wed, 02/29/2012 - 06:13
During my last visit to Italy I was on a mission: to track down the ancient Greeks. Why? Because, during earlier trips to Apulia, and Calabria I discovered…
Culture
by Philip Paris | Thu, 02/23/2012 - 04:39
Over the following paragraphs Scottish author Philip Paris brings us up to date with the story of the famous ½ûÂþÌìÌà chapel in Orkney, which was built by…
Culture
by Philip Paris | Wed, 02/15/2012 - 06:34
Scottish author Philip Paris continues the story of how the famous ½ûÂþÌìÌà chapel in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland, came to be created during the…
Culture
by Philip Paris | Tue, 01/31/2012 - 09:37
Thursday 23rd February is the 70th anniversary of the arrival in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland, of around 1,200 ½ûÂþÌìÌà POWs. When they were moved…
by ITALY | Fri, 01/27/2012 - 03:52
"Visitors look upon the vestiges of this camp and meditate: from wherever you may come, you are not an outsider. See to it that your journey is not in vain,…
Culture
by Natalie Aldern | Tue, 12/27/2011 - 05:39
The collapse occurred at the House of Loreius TiburtinusThe discovery of a newly collapsed historic column has raised concerns just weeks after UNESCO…
by Natalie Aldern | Wed, 12/14/2011 - 02:01
As the ½ûÂþÌìÌà stock market dips and dives, a new firework has arrived in Naples that mimics the erratic trends of Italy's bond rate. The two weeks leading up…