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Naomi Campbell to spend her summer holidays in southern Italy

31 March, 2020

There are rumours that Naomi Campbell will soon marry multimillionaire Vladislav Dorinin at the Royal Palace of Caserta. Nowadays rumours flash around the world in a sec, but more often than not they seem to have not a grain of…

Pirelli Calendar video: 2010 Pirelli calendar the best yet

31 March, 2020

The 2010 Pirelli Calendar was presented last week, and if you’re not one of the lucky few who will ever get a copy, after the jump is a video giving you a closer look at next year’s calendar. The Pirelli…

Holidays In Sardinia: Villa Las Tronas Hotel & Spa, Alghero

31 March, 2020

The town of Alghero in Sardinia is renowned throughout the world for its natural beauty, so you may be interested to know that just a stone’s throw away from its historic centre, there is a posh hotel called Villa Las…

Controversy in Italy over Spike Lee's "Miracle at St Anna", director comments

31 March, 2020

Spike Lee’s latest film “Miracle at St Anna” is upsetting more than just a few people. After the “Miracle at St Anna” release in Florence, the ANPI association, or the National Association of Italian Partisans, is offended by references in…

Belen Rodriguez takes her clothes off for luxury jewellery brand

31 March, 2020

Belen Rodriguez has recently taken her clothes off for 2Jewels, a famous jewellery brand, and replaced them with a set of beautiful jewels. But this is not the first time that the gorgeous show girl from Argentina goes naked; since…

The best gelato in Rome is at San Crispino

31 March, 2020

If the queue of Italians and foreigners out the door is anything to go by, Gelato di San Crispino is one of the best gelateria’s in Italy. But it was recently left off the list of gelato in Rome, from…

Italian showgirl battles: Belen Rodriguez and the Sanremo tango

31 March, 2020

After seeing Elisabetta Canalis’ dancing performances and interview with Robert de Niro at the 2011 Sanremo Festival, it’s time to examine her co-host and showgirl competitor, Belen Rodriguez. The Argentinian model and entertainer has exploded onto the Italian showgirl scene,…

Weekend cooking in the Cinque Terre

31 March, 2020

If you’re passing through the Cinque Terre and are looking for something to do this weekend, three days of a cooking class are available in Framura, La Spezia. The weekend is organised by Viaggi Solidali, a group that focuses on…

Easy Italian recipes: ravioli with tuna and anchovy

31 March, 2020

I have just come across an interesting ravioli recipe; it’s easy to prepare and above all perfect if you are in a hurry and with unexpected guests knocking on your door! Ingredients: 450 g ravioli; 200 g tuna; anchovies; 1…

Verona's best bed and breakfasts

31 March, 2020

Finding budget accommodation in Verona is, in fact, not that difficult at it seems to be a city which has taken up the Bed&Breakfast formula more readily than other tourist locations in Italy. Verona is a fabulous city to visit…

Sogni sparsi nel cassetto: Fellini's visionary drawings on display in Rimini

31 March, 2020

These unknown and unpublished drawings by the great Italian director Federico Fellini will be on show at the Fellini Museum in Rimini until the end of August. Urged by his psychiatrist, Federico Fellini started to draw these rather visionary works…

Design: Atika on show in Rome Auditorium

31 March, 2020

On show in Rome’s Auditorium is átika, and environmentally sustainable house built for the mediterranean climate, and designed by Velux.The house is open to visitors until the end of July and entry is free. You can see up close the…

Italian actress Christina Ricci at An Enduring Vision gala in New York

31 March, 2020

At the An Enduring Vision gala which took place at the Cipriani Hotel in New York, Italian actress Christina Ricci in Alberta Ferretti was cynosure of all eyes. Like a true style icon, she keeps it simple but knows how…

Rome to host Architecture Festival

31 March, 2020

The 2009 Rome Architecture festival which aims to assist people in understanding the change taking place to our cities and how that change will influence our lives will be inaugurated on September 8. Paolo Soleri´s lectio magistralis on La frugalità…

Leonardo 's St John The Baptist on display in Milan for a month, free entrance

31 March, 2020

From 27 December, visitors will have the unique opportunity to see one of Leonardo ‘s most famous works: San Giovanni Battista; the painting on loan from the Louvre will be on display in the Alessi Chamber in Piazza Marino, Milan,…

Italian traditions: Home Food and dinner with a family

31 March, 2020

The Baltimore Sun has reported that Italy is attempting to protect its culinary traditions through a group called “Home Food” whose title goes something like “Association for the Protection and Valuation of the Typical Gastronomic-Culinary Patrimony of Italy”.The group is…