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Rain, rain, don’t go away … we need you!
(4 minute read) American-in-Italy Monica Sharp takes a personal view of the climate emergency from the guilty safety of her air-conditioned room.
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Who are you? And why it matters!
(4 minute read) Monica Sharp offers an insight into identity - as an American in Italy she feels we all need to be citizens of the world.
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When life means life
(6 minute read) Francesco Ciampa tells a story of rebirth from behind bars in one of Italy's toughest prisons.
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Broken by Brexit
(2 minute read) Alessandra Pili describes how the UK’s vote to leave the European Union broke her Sardinian-Scottish heart.
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Bridges to understanding
(5 minute read) Francsco Ciampa reveals how one father set out to help society welcome his son with autism.
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Healing Italy’s divide
(6 minute read) Assunta Corbo highlights a heroic effort to bring hope to the young people of the Bel Paese’s poorest regions.
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Life lessons from Roman splendour
(6 minute read) The fading glory of an Italian church teaches Adam Brocklehurst about suffering and compassion.
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Starting over …
(7 minute read) Monica Amendola reveals the challenges and surprises of starting a new life as a foreigner in Brexit Britain.
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On graves and greatness
(4 minute read) Walking through graveyards in Scotland and Italy becomes a surprisingly life-affirming experience for Leonard Franchi.
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A traveller in the village called Rome
(4 minute read) Leonardo Franchi contrasts the simple lanes of village life in rural Italy with the panting heart of the Eternal City, and finds they have much in common.
