Italy

He was born into a farming family, but it was always the agricultural machinery rather than the land itself that fascinated the young Ferruccio

Luciano Spalletti could have retired. Yet not only is he back on the touchline, he is thriving

He was a quiet man who serially painted humble, dusty objects. So what makes Giorgio Morandi one of Italy's greatest arists?

The government hail it as “momentous” - it’s just a simple memo with no extra money or cut in tariffs

Homegrown movies are struggling at the Italian box office

After mourning Pope Emeritus Benedict, Catholic traditionalists are again lining up against Pope Francis

How fascist leaders in Italy, Spain, Germany and Greece all tried to control the public by stifling linguistic variety

Gianluca Vialli was a man who chose his own paths and could articulate the reasons why

The extraordinary rituals and legends that accompany the death of a Holy Father

His was acting of remarkable subtlety and nuance, especially when sharing the screen with some of cinema’s most magnetic women

A bank in Italy accepts cheese as a deposit. And why not?

The writing in Glory Ride – A New Musical feels raw and so do the lyrics, but this show has a fascinating yarn to tell

The Italian's conducting was so intense a friend swore he'd seen a white glow around him

Is a huge financial scandal about to engulf the Vatican?

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was the master of light and shade

Italy's answer to Elvis has proven that it's often the most unlikely of experiments that make for a successful career

A new Italian heist movie toys, Tarantino–style, with the story of Mussolini's treasure

For all Fellini is held up as the ultimate chronicler of Rome in the 20th century, it’s Rimini that made him and Rimini that inhabits his films

The political chaos at home in Britain is almost matched by that in Italy

One hundred years ago, a malign figure took power in Rome and led a country to disgrace and destruction

The flats of La Vele were supposed to be the emblem of a utopian style of architecture. But they soon took on a very different identity

The new Italian PM’s policies are a mess of contradictions and she will struggle against the country’s liberal instincts and independent institutions

Italy’s new prime minister may turn to the centre right for support in a war against ‘woke culture’

Each of Venice’s 1,000 islands carries its own world. What happened when a Londoner (originally from France) moved there?

Rivers and reservoirs are shrinking, the land is parched. Welcome to Europe in 2050 – if we don’t act now

The Italian word obbligato has come to have two entirely contradictory meanings when used in English

Everyone expects far rightist Giorgia Meloni to be Italy’s next PM. What happens next is uncertain

The only way to defeat them is for the left to link arms with the centre

The Kremlin has been meddling in Italian politics and will be pleased with what it sees

There was far more to Anna Maria Pierangeli than what cinema-goers saw on the screen and friends saw off it

In Rome, to remember the past and our common humanity, sometimes you must look down

The big presence at the Venice Film Festival's 90th birthday party was the streaming giant