Italy Tag Archive
Broken by Brexit
(2 minute read) Alessandra Pili describes how the UK’s vote to leave the European Union broke her Sardinian-Scottish heart.
Bridges to understanding
(5 minute read) Francsco Ciampa reveals how one father set out to help society welcome his son with autism.
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.
Life lessons from Roman splendour
(6 minute read)
The fading glory of an Italian church teaches Adam Brocklehurst about suffering and compassion.
Starting over …
(7 minute read)
Monica Amendola reveals the challenges and surprises of starting a new life as a foreigner in Brexit Britain.
On graves and greatness
(4 minute read)
Walking through graveyards in Scotland and Italy becomes a surprisingly life-affirming experience for Leonard Franchi.
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.
A walk down history lane …
(9 minute read)
Luca La Monica takes the reader on a fascinating wander down the main street of his home town in Southern Italy.
Why video didn’t kill the radio star in the Bel Paese
(6 minute read)
Luca La Monica switches on the radio to chronicle changes in Italy’s relationship with the sacred and the profane.
Cappuccino, anyone?
(3 minute read)
Leonard Franchi invites the reader to enjoy a morning coffee with him in Rome in the company of the great travel writer H. V. Morton.
