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by Andrew Edwards | Tue, 04/08/2014 - 20:00

It takes a while to really get to know someone; superficial appearances, smiles and everyday exchanges are sometimes all that’s needed to establish a simple…

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Vatican Library To Go Digital

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/02/2014 - 19:55

The Vatican library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) has undertaken a massive project to digitize thousands of its historical manuscripts, which date from the…

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The Real Sherlock Holmes Is Half Italian

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 03/17/2014 - 22:15

The real Sherlock Holmes is half Italian, apparently. According to biographer Angela Buckley, who wrote a book about “The Real Sherlock Holmes,” Jerome…

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The Renaissance - Part 3: Literature

by John Bensalhia | Thu, 03/13/2014 - 22:00

In our third article dedicated to the Italian Renaissance (read part 1 here and part 2 here), John Bensalhia looks at how the movement spurred on a whole new…

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The Renaissance - Part 2: Philosophy

by John Bensalhia | Mon, 02/10/2014 - 08:39

In our second article dedicated to the Italian Renaissance, John Bensalhia assesses the core beliefs and philosophies that defined it. Humanism The Renaissance…

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The Renaissance - Part 1: Introduction and Overview

by John Bensalhia | Mon, 01/27/2014 - 09:20

John Bensalhia kicks off his look at the Italian Renaissance with a brief guide as to its origins, the main players and the schools of thought behind this…

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Lovers caught having sex next to grave of the woman's husband

by Anonymous (not verified) | Thu, 10/24/2013 - 07:00

Sometimes truth is indeed stranger than fiction – although this episode can claim an illustrious literary reference. In the cemetery of Cimitile, near Naples…

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The Pope’s Top Ten Favorites in Art, Cinema, Literature and Music

by Carol King | Mon, 10/07/2013 - 07:00

Carol King examines some of Pope Francis’ favourite things as revealed in a recent interview and discovers many of them are Italian. Pope Francis’ love of…

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Meet the Author: Ted Jones and His Divine Tuscany

by Ted Jones | Wed, 12/05/2012 - 06:26

In the middle of the 19th century, the English author John Ruskin wrote to his father from Tuscany: “You cannot conceive what a divine country this is just now…