FLORENCE – In the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo used a comb-like brush with multiple tips to “sculpt” colour onto the plaster. The artist devised the tool himself, as revealed during extraordinary ...

A wooden plaque at the entrance to the cellar leaves no room for doubt: the culatello served at King Charles III’s table comes from here, from the lowlands of the Po Valley, at Antica Corte ...

Mantua is no longer just a jewel of Renaissance art and architecture, with frescoes by Mantegna and palaces designed by Giulio Romano and Leon Battista Alberti. It is now also Italy’s greenest city.

NAPLES - Germany is still debating her political legacy. Naples, meanwhile, keeps asking her to pose for one photo after another. Never mind that Angela Merkel left office almost five years ago: in ...

After my bereavement, it did me good to carry on writing, to discover that I was still capable of doing so. I’d say it’s a source of comfort, but it’s not ...

Attacks have been recorded in Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany. Investigations are under way in Sicily. A meeting is taking place today at the prime ...

Avs and Pd are exploring different approaches to generating revenue from large fortunes. The revival of legal cannabis to raise funds is also on the ...

Europe’s security network is riddled with loopholes. A barrage of false alert messages is also flooding Ukrainian apps: panic ...

Oil prices fell by 8 per cent after Khamenei handed over negotiating powers to Pezeshkian. However, the spectre of a new war following the US election is ...

The polls indicate a clear rise in support for progressives, who could regain control of both houses of Congress. The outcome is overshadowed by the ...

It is right to fight for equality and freedom, but we have forgotten about fraternity. Pope Francis saw my conversion coming ...

The M5s (Five Star Movement) group leader in the Chamber of Deputies: “If the programme reflects our priorities, voters will support us ...