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‘Cemeteries are for the living:’ Texas author Tui Snider shares her offbeat travel memoir
From the gravestones of Oakland Cemetery in Dallas to a Jewish cemetery in Malaysia and the pyramids of Egypt, Texas-based author and speaker Tui Snider has explored cemeteries across many continents. She compiled her experiences into her new...
9-1-1 and Baby Reindeer stars lead trans author’s new film
Oliver Stark and Nava Mau to star in Aitch Alberto’s short film, The Long Con. (JC Olivera/Rodin Eckenroth/Getty) Oliver Stark and Nava Mau to star in Aitch Alberto's short film, The Long Con. (JC Olivera/Rodin Eckenroth/Getty) 9-1-1 star Oliver...
This Old-School Italian Sandwich Brings Serious Pizza Energy
Just south of Naples, the city that created modern pizza in the 1700s, an Italian sandwich was created around two centuries later that can best be described as pizza as a sandwich. The Panuozzo di Gragnano is a giant panino (Italian toasted...
Love, sex, and politics amid Italy’s cinema scene in the 1970s
Moviemaking holds a storied place in Italy’s cultural life, an alluring combination that has played a supporting part in plenty of novels set in the Bel Paese, including William Styron’s “Set This House on Fire,” Gianfranco Calligarich’s “Last...
Judge from Mariupol tells Italian colleagues about violence in Russian captivity
Judge of the Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv Yulia Matveeva, who was held in Russian captivity for seven months as a Ukrainian judge from Mariupol, told her Italian colleagues about the violation of the norms of the Geneva Convention,...
Italy’s return to the Horn must come with an apology
Italy’s return to the Horn must come with an apology Italy’s stance on its historical atrocities against Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia contradicts principles in its Mattei Plan for Africa. The Mattei Plan represents Italy’s flagship initiative to...
Italy ranks third among the UAE’s top jewellery exporters
3rd November 2025 By May Garland Italy has reinforced its position as a global jewellery leader, with exports to the UAE reaching €836.9 million (£733.9 mil) in the first seven months of 2025, up 13.7% year-on-year and capturing a 7.9% market...
Book Review | Keep Travelling, Keep Gathering Tales
He was a tram conductor in Calcutta of the 1940s. He’d completed his studies but couldn’t wait for a ‘respectable’ job. And so, every day he approached passengers and asked, “Ticket?” She was a girl in her teens. Her parents had succumbed to......
Warner Music Italy boss Pico Cibelli talks A&R, M&A, Italian-language music growth – and the company’s new frontline label structure
MBW’s World Leaders is a regular series in which we turn the spotlight toward some of the most influential industry figures overseeing key international markets. In this feature, we speak to Pico Cibelli, President of Warner Music Italy. World...
The Unsearchable Secret: Why Pizza Marketing the Italian Way Won’t Work in the U.S.
By Erica D’Arcangelo Hello, PMQ readers! I am absolutely thrilled to be launching a column with the well-respected PMQ Pizza, hoping to provide marketing tips and tricks with a little bit of humor delivered to your literary plate. I’ve spent the...
Kazakhstan Strengthens Cultural Ties with Italy Through Tributes to Abai and Shokan Ualikhanov
ASTANA – A bust of Abai Kunanbayev was unveiled in Rome on Oct. 30 to honor Kazakhstan’s great poet and philosopher. A book about Shokan Ualikhanov, titled “Shokan Ualikhanov and the Birth of Modern Kazakhstan,” was presented in Italian for the...
The Unsearchable Secret: Why Pizza Marketing the Italian Way Won’t Work in the U.S.
By Erica D’Arcangelo Hello, PMQ readers! I am absolutely thrilled to be launching a column with the well-respected PMQ Pizza, hoping to provide marketing tips and tricks with a little bit of humor delivered to your literary plate. I’ve spent the...
Italian Archivist Franco Zabagli On Pier
November 02, 2025 Lead ImageImage of Pier Paolo Pasolini on the set of The Flower of the One Thousand and One Nights (1974) by Angelo Pennoni Courtesy of the National Film Library, Experimental Center of Cinematography (Rome) This story is taken...
Italy’s Lake District: Kayaking, Castle Hikes, and Villa Tours at the Swiss Border
Kayaking on Lake Sils. Photo by Debbie Stone I was finally one with my paddle and I glided efficiently and smoothly through the water in my kayak. The feeling was Zen-like, as the motions had a meditative quality to them. My movements were...
In conversation with Ledia Xhoga, author of Booker-longlisted novel Misinterpretation
To be human is to empathise. Or is it? Can we even call it a binding impulse when it was barely recognised until the past century? For most of our long history, empathy was less seen as a moral instinct than as an aesthetic impulse — something...
Chatto & Windus plucks Non Morris' 'unexpected botanical adventure' in the Alps
Clara Farmer, associate publishing director at Chatto & Windus, has acquired the debut non-fiction title by garden designer and writer Non Morris. Flora Alpina: The Wild Romance of Mountain Flowers is dubbed “a love letter to the intoxicating...
Milan vs Roma predictions and betting tips – Intriguing Italian encounter
It is fourth against second in Serie A this weekend, as Milan face Roma at San Siro. Both teams are hoping to challenge for the title this term, so games like this one are key for the Rossoneri and the Giallorossi. Will home advantage get Milan...
From Tucci To Olivieri: Celebrating 70 Years Of The Italian Archaeological Mission In Pakistan
The 70th anniversary celebration of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan was held on 25th October 2025 at the Swat Serena Hotel, Saidu Sharif. The event brought together distinguished guests from across Pakistan, including scholars,...
A mystical journey through Egypt's past in Mario and Abu L-Abbas
When an ancient Sufi saint, Morsi Abu L-Abbas, and the 20th-century Italian architect, Mario Rossi, find their lives intertwined, defying the boundaries of space and time, readers are taken on a spiritual and contemplative journey. Expanding on...
Translating cultures – Cultures of translation
The 33rd European Meeting of Cultural Journals will take place from 7–9 November in the Slovenian–Italian cities of Nova Gorica/Gorizia, a ‘borderless’ European Capital of Culture in 2025. The conference is co-organized with Razpotja magazine....