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Spoleto music festival revived

21 March, 2020
Spoleto is a delightful town in Umbria, one of those classic, on-a-hill picturesque towns that most everyone falls in love with. It’s one of the many, star-struck lover locations of this part of Italy. I went many years ago to…

Gianluca Grignani's live and unplugged tour

21 March, 2020
Gianluca Grignani’s new tour Cammina nel sole or Walk into the Sun has been a great success with several songs specially rearranged for theatre audiences. One of his latest concerts was held in Lecce on 2nd December and it goes…

Luisa Ranieri poses sexy for Max magazine

21 March, 2020
Italian actress Luisa Ranieri shows off her hot body for the new issue of Max magazine; but what will actor Luca Zinageretti, Miss Ranieri’s fiancè, think of these rather hot pics taken by Gianmarco Chierigato? I have no idea, though…

Milan men's fashion week spring-summer 2011: Giorgio Armani

21 March, 2020
The Giorgio Armani classics were all there; from pleated trousers to double-breasted jackets many of which came in grey and blue hues. As always with Giorgio Armani the main focus of the collection was on emphasising the figure and its…

Milan to host exhibition on surrealist painter Dalì

21 March, 2020
From 22 September to January 31, Palazzo Reale in Milan will host an interesting exhibition dedicated to Salvador Dalí, probably the greatest surrealist painter who used bizarre dream imagery to create his unforgettable works. This new exhibition will try to…

Dolce & Gabbana Small Patent Leather Wallet

21 March, 2020
Dolce & Gabbana has designed an extravagantly beautiful wallet made of patent leather and with aged silver metal hardware; it comes in two different colours and features 3 credit card slots, three flat pockets, zipped coin pouch and a billfold.…

Rome by night: Roman Forum lights

21 March, 2020
If you’re spending summer in Rome, it’s a perfect time to discover Rome by night, strolling the streets in the balmy air and taking in things like the new lighting installed at the Roman forum. The planned lighting installation was…

Italian design: "Memories from the future" by Alessi

21 March, 2020
Alberto Alessi is about to launch a new collection of houseware products inspired by the past. During the 1920s, 30s and 40s - Mr Alessi said - the design was not so important and manufacturers used to pay more attention…

Italian villas: "La Canonica" in Umbria

21 March, 2020
If you’ve never been to Umbria, you should really plan yourself a tour of Umbria, taking in Assisi, Perugia and other beautiful towns and landscapes. Alternatively, you could buy this villa in Italy, only 15km from Perugia, on a hill,…

Winter holidays in Italy: Gran Paradiso, Aosta Valley

21 March, 2020
Snow-capped mountains are so beautiful! And December, in my opinion, is the best month to visit mountain resorts, with hamlets romantically covered in snow and firs swaying in the wind. So if you are as romantic as I am, you…

Italian art: Raffaello on exhibition in Urbino

21 March, 2020
Along with the exhibitions devoted to Della Robbia and Giotto, this year we’ll have the rare opportunity to see Raffaello ‘s juvenile works which will be on display at the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche in Urbino from 5 April 2009…

Vespa store opens in Milan

21 March, 2020
Vespa has opened a store in Milan with a new space dedicated to Vespa history, fashion and design. The store celebrates the Vespa brand as one of the key ambassadors of the “Made in Italy” movement. The space is located…

Postcards from Italy: Santa Chiara cloister in Naples

21 March, 2020
The Santa Chiara cloister in Naples can’t strictly be called a cloister, which you would normally consider as a dark, hushed religious area. In the style of the sunny city of Naples, this particular specimen is an open-air cloister, beautifully…

Pitti Uomo 75: Borsalino

21 March, 2020
Borsalino and Italian Independent have create a unique collection of absolutely stylish hats inspired by Lapo Elkann, heir to the Agnelli family fortune. Several rich, daring colours have been used in this new and beautiful collection; a gorgeous palette of…

The Italian dream: Valentino Rossi rides Ducati

21 March, 2020
These pics show champion rider and one of Italy’s greatest sports stars, Valentino Rossi, on board Ducati as he tests the bike before moving from Yamaha to the Italian MotoGP team next year. The bike isn’t its usual red as…