Italy

Times have changed, UK pensioners are now escaping Brexit Britain in search of Italy's low and convenient rents

Ninety-nine-year-old Anna Possi and her bar have put Nebbiuno on the map

Today, Brits are drawn to the island’s Nelsonian history and the marvels of its sweet Malvasia wine

After centuries of banking tradition, the country that gave birth to banks could be seeing their demise

EU institutions have got into the nasty habit of making concessions to populists who have spent their lives railing against Brussels

A combination of deep thinking, a fascination with the everyday and a playful wit produced some of the most groundbreaking fiction of the 20th century

The rise and fall of the spaghetti western

You’ve met Italy’s prime minister Giorgia – now meet her equally controversial sibling Arianna

The dark daring of the extraordinary mid-century comics artist and illustrator, Italy’s answer to Norman Rockwell

Angelina Jolie’s Callas biopic sinks at the Venice Film Festival

Siena’s chaotic horse race is over in a minute and a half, but the plotting goes on all year round

The director emerged from a well-trodden European emigration narrative to become a Zelig-like figure in the early history of modern popular culture

The Italian prime minister’s abortion law amendment has sparked fear and anger among women across the country

The small town of Barga in Italy celebrates Burns night in its own way

With his gramophone recordings, the Italian transcended the closed world of performance to become a global phenomenon

A recent defamation case has shocked the public, not for its contents, but its speed

Lust, love and life: an exhibition about the art of the breast

Italian politicians are theatrical with their scandals, and one story in the local press is no exception

It is a story that might sound familiar today: 90 years ago a football final was played as the shadow of fascism began to creep over Europe

To the ordinary Italian, the UK election result went by practically unnoticed

As Italy turns to the right, the grass is looking greener back home for Britons

A new exhibition of the Italian photographer’s work captures the glamour of postwar Italian film

The Pope has initiated the process of sanctification of a 15-year-old boy who died from a severe form of leukaemia

The city has problems with aggressive gulls and overflowing rubbish – and the two go hand in hand

In a Sicilian pizzeria, take care when arguing over the bill

Georgia Meloni’s favourite swanky hotel is not all it seems

Giorgia Meloni is now apparently allied with both Marine Le Pen and Ursula Von der Leyen – but is she really?

When the artist died in Rome in 1564, he had one more remarkable journey still to make

This week’s European elections could leave Italy’s right wing PM as the continent’s biggest power-broker

For most Italians, Europe is a distant, scary and uninteresting concept

Cantiano’s idyllic setting seems at odds with the cruelty that goes on there

Four days after surviving a huge crash, his love of being behind the wheel was too strong to resist