Carol King
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Carol King spends her time between Sicily and London. She has been a journalist and writer for 30 years and a freelance for more than 20 years. Carol loves travel and has visited 36 countries - so far. Her appetite for travel has seen her track gorillas in Uganda, climb Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka, visit salt mines in Poland and puff cigars in Cuba. Outside of the UK she has lived in Buenos Aires, Madrid and Modica, Sicily. After more than 20 years as a technology journalist editing various titles and writing for newspapers including the Wall Street Journal Europe, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph, now Carol writes mainly on travel, art, architecture, film and history for books, magazines and websites. She has written about travel for TheTravelEditor.com, Frommer’s, Volotea Airline and 1001 Escapes, as well as Destinations Travel, Destination Weddings, Psychologies and Discover magazines. Carol also does guest slots on the BBC radio show Mondo Italiano and Australia’s Rete Italia. She loves Sicily: its nature, architecture, sun, sea, food and, most of all, its people.
Articles by Carol King
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 08:24
Giulio Andreotti died today at his home in Rome at the age of 94. He had been Italian premier seven times.
He dominated the Italian post-war politic…
Sat, 05/04/2013 - 03:35
The Acquario di Genova (Aquarium of Genoa) has a new pavilion dedicated to cetaceans – the marine mammals commonly known as whales, dolphins and porpo…
Fri, 05/03/2013 - 10:14
Star of TV series ‘Mad Men’ Christina Hendricks says she has Italy to thank for her curvaceous figure.
The 38-year-old American actress plays secreta…
Fri, 05/03/2013 - 04:47
The late Sir Denis Mahon bequeathed £100 million worth of Baroque Italian paintings to the UK.
A British art historian and collector, who died in 201…
Thu, 05/02/2013 - 10:12
Your guide to what’s on in Italy this summer from art shows and sports tournaments to festivals and concerts.
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I Grandi Capolavori Del Corallo…
Thu, 05/02/2013 - 09:11
Venice has launched a list of 10 guidelines to encourage tourists to respect the city and blend in like the locals do.
Called ‘Venezia è anche tua, r…
Mon, 04/29/2013 - 04:59
Carol King interviews the presenter of ‘The Mafia’s Secret Bunkers’: internationally recognised expert on the history of Italian organised crime, John…
Sat, 04/27/2013 - 05:08
Recent excavations at the necropolis of Banditaccia in Cerveteri have unearthed a statue of a lion and an Etruscan tomb.Italian newspaper ‘Il Messagge…
Wed, 04/24/2013 - 11:33
Carol King reports on the flamboyant aerobatic antics of Italy’s most skilled pilots.
When it comes to creating a dazzling spectacle in the sky, the…
Wed, 04/24/2013 - 09:08
The battle between France and Italy for the luxury sparkling wine market gained a new Italian contender with the launch of Divinity sparkling wine.The…
Wed, 04/24/2013 - 06:42
Actor Kiefer Sutherland is set to star in a big-budget movie, ‘Pompeii’, which is slated for release in February 2014.Famous for his heroic roles in T…
Mon, 04/22/2013 - 09:38
A pop-up show imagining the life of the Italian publisher and political activist Giangiacomo Feltrinelli opens in Cardiff on 2 May.Called ‘Praxis Make…
Sat, 04/20/2013 - 14:21
In a dramatic and unprecedented development, outgoing President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano has been re-elected as president for a seco…
Fri, 04/19/2013 - 12:45
A 20-year-old Italian, Leone Coppola, has won the title of World Champion Pizza Maker at the Campionato Mondiale Della Pizza (World Pizza Championship…
Thu, 04/18/2013 - 11:05
A revised edition of 18th-century Italian writer, philosopher and bon vivant Giacomo Casanova’s autobiography, reveals his famous sexual exploits in d…
Thu, 04/18/2013 - 11:04
A rare Roman figurine of cockerel has been unearthed at a dig in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.Cirencester was the second largest Roman town i…
Wed, 04/17/2013 - 09:34
Carol King heads off the beaten track to take a trip round the northern Italian city of Brescia.
Brescia is not as popular a tourist destination as t…
Wed, 04/17/2013 - 06:55
Excavations at the Palatine Hill in Rome have unearthed the first Temple of Jupiter Stator, or Jupiter the Stayer.The temple’s name derives from the L…
Tue, 04/16/2013 - 13:48
Various parts of the Reggia della Venaria, Palace of Venaria in Venaria Reale, near Turin in Piedmont are now open to the public for the first time a…
Mon, 04/15/2013 - 13:08
In the first of a new series focusing on famous Italian families, Carol King looks at the family that built the Versace fashion empire.
Italians are…