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The day the King came to Ravenna

26 April 2025 9:00 am

Dante’s Beach, Ravenna ‘Fortune’s a right whore: If she give aught, she deals it in small parcels,/ That she may…

Why I won’t accept the Laurels of Dante

22 March 2025 9:00 am

Dante’s Beach, Ravenna I have just refused to accept the local equivalent of an Oscar, which was to have been…

Drinking with The Chemist – and God

15 February 2025 9:00 am

Dante’s Beach, Ravenna The closest I get to a social life these days is when I sneak off into town…

My night with Mussolini’s ghost

18 January 2025 9:00 am

Dante’s Beach, Ravenna I came to Italy to write a biography of Benito Mussolini in the summer of 1998 and…

The real reason I don’t drink

4 May 2024 9:00 am

It’s been 30 years this month since I last touched alcohol and I still can’t face the prospect of a…