Jessica Lionnel
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Hailing from the UK, freelance journalist and writer Jessica Lionnel has called Italy home for six years. She has written for publications based in Italy, including Wanted in Rome and Romeing, as well as abroad, including The New European. She’s also written a book on Rome’s food scene. When she’s not hunting for the next story, Jessica spends time soaking up all the culture Italy has to offer.
Articles by Jessica Lionnel
For the 10,000 residents of Salemi, a frozen-in-time town in the Sicilian province of Trapani, being neighborly is the rule of the day. An hour’s driv…
It’s Italy’s most famous dessert besides gelato, but there’s no real consensus on where it comes from. We’re talking about tiramisù, and Friulian…
With summer holidays now well behind us, schoolchildren across Italy are all busily back at their banchi (desks). University students typically get a…
You may have heard about the latest language-led controversy making Italian headlines: At the end of March, Fabio Rampelli of Fratelli d’Italia — the…
Imagine you’re watching a key episode in your favorite series, on the edge of your seat, desperate to know what happens next.
Now imagine all o…