The country of Italy is certainly a “brand” people around the world want to associate themselves with. The Chinese want to drink its wine, the luxury […]
Fresh from winning the GoldenGlobe for Best Foreign Film andnow a strong contender for anOscar too, “The Great Beauty”by celebrated Italian directorPaolo Sorrentino is riding high.But […]
Carnivals are just an excuse for a party and dress up – right? Wrong! Mike Hawthorne reveals how, once again, seemingly hackneyed modern customs stem from […]
The significance of the Italian Renaissance lies in the fact, among others, that it overthrew those medieval values the Catholic church had imposed on society, with […]