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
The rescue racket
Are aid agencies colluding with people smugglers?
The rescue racket
What is happening in the 300-mile stretch of sea between Sicily and Libya, day in and day out — in…
The rescue racket
What is happening in the 300-mile stretch of sea between Sicily and Libya, day in and day out — in…
Italy’s Brexit moment
Though he is a big fan of the European Union, Barack Obama brings bad karma to it. So perhaps he…
The road to the Jungle
Calais On Sunday evening a British motorist, Abraham Reichman, 35, from Stamford Hill, north London, hit two Eritrean migrants who…
Italian Notebook
Lido di Dante, Ravenna When the earthquake struck in the dead of night at 3.36 a.m. — the Devil’s Hour…
Mussolini at Lake Como
If your destiny is to be shot dead with your mistress, where better than Lake Como, which, in the words…
Mussolini at Lake Como
If your destiny is to be shot dead with your mistress, where better than Lake Como, which, in the words…
Italy’s migrant purgatory
Ravenna At a car park a short walk from Dante’s tomb, one of the gang of illegal immigrants who tell…
La bomba Britannica
In Italy, media coverage of the triumph of Brexit has been wall-to-wall as Italians worry about the collateral damage and…
Five-star fantasy
Tom Cruise is an exceptionally beautiful American man with an invincible smile, but he is a member of a cult…
The invasion of Italy
More than 50,000 boat people have arrived already this year, with many more expected
Worshipping la dolce vita
Like so many Britons who chased the dream and woke up in Italy I have contemplated writing a book about…
The joy of six
Why I’m glad to have five children, with a sixth on the way
The dying man of Europe
Italy is in terminal decline
The final crossing
Italy’s decriminalising of illegal immigration has acted as a green light to boat people, and the journey is a deadly one
Farage’s strange new ally
Has the Ukip leader seen Beppe Grillo’s website?
Italians for Maggie
The Circolo Culturale Margaret Thatcher, which wants to institute an Anglo-Saxon Tory party in Italy, has a plan
Nature vs nudists
How a little bird saved my favourite beach
