Italy

The dark daring of the extraordinary mid-century comics artist and illustrator, Italy’s answer to Norman Rockwell

Angelina Jolie’s Callas biopic sinks at the Venice Film Festival

Siena’s chaotic horse race is over in a minute and a half, but the plotting goes on all year round

The director emerged from a well-trodden European emigration narrative to become a Zelig-like figure in the early history of modern popular culture

The Italian prime minister’s abortion law amendment has sparked fear and anger among women across the country

The small town of Barga in Italy celebrates Burns night in its own way

With his gramophone recordings, the Italian transcended the closed world of performance to become a global phenomenon

A recent defamation case has shocked the public, not for its contents, but its speed

Lust, love and life: an exhibition about the art of the breast

Italian politicians are theatrical with their scandals, and one story in the local press is no exception

It is a story that might sound familiar today: 90 years ago a football final was played as the shadow of fascism began to creep over Europe

To the ordinary Italian, the UK election result went by practically unnoticed

As Italy turns to the right, the grass is looking greener back home for Britons

A new exhibition of the Italian photographer’s work captures the glamour of postwar Italian film

The Pope has initiated the process of sanctification of a 15-year-old boy who died from a severe form of leukaemia

The city has problems with aggressive gulls and overflowing rubbish – and the two go hand in hand

In a Sicilian pizzeria, take care when arguing over the bill

Georgia Meloni’s favourite swanky hotel is not all it seems

Giorgia Meloni is now apparently allied with both Marine Le Pen and Ursula Von der Leyen – but is she really?

When the artist died in Rome in 1564, he had one more remarkable journey still to make

This week’s European elections could leave Italy’s right wing PM as the continent’s biggest power-broker

For most Italians, Europe is a distant, scary and uninteresting concept

Cantiano’s idyllic setting seems at odds with the cruelty that goes on there

Four days after surviving a huge crash, his love of being behind the wheel was too strong to resist

Britain's restaurants could learn something from the casual establishments of Piedmont

The remarkable Alice Rohrwacher on buried treasure and directing without a safety net

Foreigners snapping up the properties don't always know what they are taking on

Racist discrimination in the game is becoming more noticeable than ever. Does Italy intend to do something about it and is the solution to the issue black and white?

Salemi’s status as capital lasted a mere 24 hours, but the pride its residents feel today is immeasurable.

In the city’s Piazza della Libertà, a few kilometres from the Italian-Slovenian border, thousands of migrants dream of a better world

South West Bank delves into the historic struggles Palestinians have faced

The Italian revolutionised children’s education and established the schools that carry her name all over the world to this day