ROME - The Roma Tre Film Festival returns to the Palladium Theatre in Rome, 7^th – 13^th May, with a packed programme.

ROME – The Associazione Nazionale Case della Memoria and the Keats-Shelley House are set to present a series of flash mob performances of an exciting new play written by Roberta Calandra and direct

VENICE – John Ruskin would be horrified to see passengers on the top deck of mammoth cruise ships looking down on his Ducal Palace but surely would be pleased that an exhibition is being held in th

ROME - The Keats-Shelley house will be showing London artist Louisa Albani’s collection of artworks on 4 May to 30 June, to mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frank

FLORENCE - The Tuscan capital, and in particular the British Institute, organised a diverse array of cultural events in English dedicated to the famous English poet, playwright and actor, William S

ROME – From May 3rd to 6th Rome hosts the 7th edition of the Nordic Film Fest, NFF, organized by the Nordic embassies in Italy (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden) and the Scandi

ROME - The Archbishop of Panama José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta gave responsibility and power back to young people around the world, declaring that “the youth are the present, not just the future.” The

ROME - Leonard Cohen was probably one of the few artists who never felt intimidated by Bob Dylan.

FLORENCE – The first showing of Director  Annemarie Jacir's

ROME – Tuscan-born director and screenwriter, Vittorio Taviani, died aged 88 on Sunday, his family said.

ROME – A conceptual music composition of the American musician and composer John Heineman will be presented on April 24 at Tor Vergata University, Rome.

CAGLIARI – D.H.Lawrence was right when he wrote that Sardinia is “like no other place.  It is something else.”

ROME -- Art buffs expressed outrage Sunday after vandals seriously damaged the marble funeral tomb of the 15th century Renaissance painter and monk Blessed Fra Angelico in the basilica of Saint Mar

ROME – Thursday's dazzling first night performance of Shakespeare's tragi-historic play Richard III at the Teatro Arciliuto near Piazza Navona proved a huge success. The dynamic, all-female cast di

ROME – Casa di Goethe, Rome’s only German museum, will be featuring work by Austrian artist Robert Gschwantner on May 30 to Oct 23.

SAN GIMIGNANO – Local authorities and heritage experts were assessing the damage to the Tuscan city of San Gimignano on Wednesday morning after a 20-metre section of its historic walls collapsed, w

  FLORENCE - International film-makers and connoisseurs will descend on the Tuscan city of Prato from May 20 to 23 for the sixth edition of the city’s film festival (PFF

  FLORENCE- Between March 30 and April 2, the Renaissance city will host a series of celebrations for Easter, with many established customs cherished by both locals and

ROME – Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino’s film about the life of Silvio Berlusconi, will be released in two parts in April and May of this year, and promises to explore one of Italy’s most c

ROME – One of Italy’s most recognisable television presenters, Fabrizio Frizzi, died on Sunday night, according to an announcement by his family, at the Sant’Andrea hospital in Rome.

ROME - Life is a Fairy Tale is a beautifully poignant and refreshing piece of theatre, written and performed by Glyka Stoiou.

ROME – A scholar has excited interest in the art world through a unique analysis of Botticelli’s famous artwork, the Birth of Venus, arguing that there is a secret refence to the human anatomy.