Nicholas Farrell

The rescue racket

1 April 2017 9:00 am

Are aid agencies colluding with people smugglers?

The rescue racket

30 March 2017 2:00 pm

What is happening in the 300-mile stretch of sea between Sicily and Libya, day in and day out — in…

The rescue racket

30 March 2017 2:00 pm

What is happening in the 300-mile stretch of sea between Sicily and Libya, day in and day out — in…

Italy’s heading for its own Brexit moment

19 November 2016 9:00 am

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

15 October 2016 9:00 am

 Calais On Sunday evening a British motorist, Abraham Reichman, 35, from Stamford Hill, north London, hit two Eritrean migrants who…

Italian Notebook

3 September 2016 9:00 am

 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

27 August 2016 9:00 am

If your destiny is to be shot dead with your mistress, where better than Lake Como, which, in the words…

Would you recognise this face? Mussolini back in 1924, on a drive with his pet lion cub, Ras

Mussolini at Lake Como

25 August 2016 1:00 pm

If your destiny is to be shot dead with your mistress, where better than Lake Como, which, in the words…

Italy’s migrant purgatory

20 August 2016 9:00 am

Ravenna At a car park a short walk from Dante’s tomb, one of the gang of illegal immigrants who tell…

La bomba Britannica

2 July 2016 9:00 am

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

11 June 2016 8:00 am

Tom Cruise is an exceptionally beautiful American man with an invincible smile, but he is a member of a cult…