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Artemisia Gentileschi: Painting ‘Female Rage’ in the Italian Renaissance

Trigger warning for mentions of rape and sexual assault. In the National Gallery, there hangs a portrait of a woman. Stylised as the...

I climbed Etna while it was erupting. Here’s how it happened.

When I started telling people that I was doing my year abroad in Catania, one of the most common responses was ‘oh you have to climb...

Naples: Empty Suitcases and Full Bellies

I can only imagine that my grandma travels to Italy with an empty suitcase. That’s because whenever she comes back from a visit, her...

Tradition, authenticity and immigration: a brief history of Italian-American cuisine

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the USA saw the arrival of thousands of immigrants from Italy. Many of these...

The Beauty and History of Lucca, Tuscany

Lucca, known as a "Città d'arte", is a town in northern Italy and if you’ve been lucky enough to visit it, you’ll know it’s a place that...

Pasta all’Amatriciana

Guanciale. Pecorino. Bucatini. Three words that hadn’t entered my classroom vocabulary before living in Rome but demand your immediate...

A Short History of Alto Adige

Alto Adige, known as Südtirol in German, is a province in the north of Italy. It forms a part of what used to be the County of Tyrol,...

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