Will Italy’s warring politicians succeed in shutting Salvini out of power?
What now looks like a distinct possibility in Italy after today’s resignation of Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte is a…
The secret of Matteo Salvini’s success
Last summer, when Italy became the first major European country to get a populist government, Steve Bannon was cock-a-hoop. The…
It may seem incredible, but I’d trust an Italian over a Frenchman any day
For a few years before coming to Italy, I lived in Paris and I cannot tell you the life-enhancing difference…
The Italian crisis
For those who believe in the European project, Brexit is a headache. Italy, on the other hand, is a bloody…
Will Italy become the first country to fall to populism?
It looks indeed as if Italy — the beating pulse of European civilisation — will be the first country in…
Steve Bannon interview: “I’m fascinated by Mussolini”
We are in a hotel suite at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Zurich when Stephen K. Bannon tells me he adores…
Italians aren’t fascists. They’re angry about immigration
Ravenna Amid relentless propaganda about Italy being in the grip of fascism, Italians go to the polls on Sunday. It…
Meet the anti-immigrant federalist who could well be Italy’s next prime minister
The man who could become Italy’s next prime minister is sat just opposite the entrance to the huge US and…
Madness in the Med
Humanitarian efforts are creating an even greater migrant crisis
Welcome to Italy: this is what a real immigration crisis looks like
Let us suppose that along the coast of Normandy up to one million non-EU migrants are waiting to be packed…
Good time girls: Italian women prefer sunglasses to babies, according to Nicholas Farrell
Like so many Britons who chased the dream and woke up in Italy I have contemplated writing a book about…
The benefits of breeding like a rabbit
Let’s face it. Whatever Pope Francis actually means when his head is in the clouds during those in-flight press conferences…
Italy’s in terminal decline, and no one has the guts to stop it
Rome The Rome Opera House sacked its entire orchestra and chorus the other day. Financed and managed by the…
Italy is killing refugees with kindness
The next time you eat a fish from the Mediterranean, just remember that it may well have eaten a corpse.…
If Nigel Farage is worried about anti-Semitism, he shouldn't be teaming up with Beppe Grillo
Nigel Farage turned down an alliance with Marine Le Pen in the European Parliament not because her ‘far right’ Front…
Italians for Maggie
Now that the forces of evil have transformed Silvio Berlusconi into a condemned man, there remains just one person on…
Attack of the nudist lawyers
Carla, my Italian wife, has a small house in a little town on the Adriatic near Ravenna called Lido di…
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