Italy

Silvio Berlusconi was a tax evader, a sleazebag, an enabler of tyrants and mafiosi – and he was adored by half a country

So significant was her contribution to Italian film that it led to the addition of a word to the Italian dictionary: borellismo

These atypical creatures are causing havoc and holding the city hostage

Pirelli’s vast Milan gallery is a temple of daring contemporary art

Does Rome’s first Starbucks threaten Italy’s coffee tradition?

London is embracing the European approach to socialising and hosting guests at home. Why? No one can afford to go out any more

Romans, in particular, become stressed when dishes are vandalised. Serve this to a Roman nonna and she may well try to conquer you again

Once the envy of Europe, the San Siro stadium shared by AC and Inter Milan is on its last legs – but still capable of stirring the soul.

Her piece is a nod to the cultural and intellectual links between Britain and Italy

Italy’s younger generations are swapping rush-hour in the city for country roads. Who can blame them?

Napoli’s joy at winning Serie A is about much more than their long wait – it is about a history of abuse from their northern rivals

JJ4, a 17-year-old brown bear, killed a human – and now her fate is being decided by a television phone-in

A meditative masterpiece explores rediscovered friendships and the art of finding simpler ways through our complex world

Fireworks go on through the night ad Naples celebrates

The Targa Florio road race pitted drivers against every imaginable danger.. including stray dogs

Can the football-mad Italian city achieve the ultimate goal?

A revelatory collection of Mediterranean antiquities makes for a quietly subversive exhibition in Cambridge

The story of Odysseus’s Italian origins are surprisingly popular and Sicilian tourism companies know how to capitalise on this

When Maria Callas met Pier Paolo Pasolini in the late 1960s, the results were predictably explosive

History is repeating itself in Italy – and not in a good way

Draghi promised to do “whatever it takes” to prop up the single currency, but high interest rates have damaged his legacy

The country has its first female leader and the highest number of women working in law in Europe. Has Italy changed?

This recipe from the chef of Quality Wines uses the finest charcuterie from rare-breed pigs in the Bologna Apennines

Forty-three years after the Bologna station bombing killed 85 people, including a young couple from Bristol, a far-right militant was finally jailed for his part in it

Lack of rain and extreme summer heat are causing a dramatic decline in olive oil production in Italy. Consumers and producers alike are worried

The humble life of St Francis of Assisi continues to inspire valuable paintings, showcased in an upcoming exhibition at the National Gallery

The diminutive Italian actress, star of La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, was more than a match for her husband, director Federico Fellini, on and off set

The prison island in Tuscany is a social experiment in which 80 prisoners look after animals, orchards and fields

The skiing season and Europe’s winter sports culture are under existential threat from rising temperatures

The language arrived in Wales much earlier than England thanks to links between Britons and ordinary Romans

A notorious mafia killer is now behind bars – but why did it take so long to catch him?

On the frontier between Italy and France, the desperate brave the passage of death