Italy
The man who saved Italy’s art
The man, the schemes and the burglar-alarmed fortress that kept Italy’s artistic legacy away from German acquisition
Meloni is no fascist
Media hysteria distorts our understanding of European politics
Italy and the f-word
What power does it have?
Ladies don’t lunch
Dining in style at a quirky and captivating roadside osteria in Italy’s Balkan borderlands
Studio: Donatello at the Palazzo Strozzi
A magnificent celebration of the artist who was midwife to the birth of humanism
Evening Vespas and Gelato alla Gordon’s
When in Florence…
Tortured hero of the Giro
The Italian rapscallion
Crepuscular perfection
There’s a new Tuscan restaurant in town — and it’s a success
Dante, 700 years on
We, too, are exiled from Florence
Vaccine for the soul
As Britain is about to declare victory over the virus, Christopher Pincher enjoys a Latour-Bellona
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
He’ll never let the old flag fall
Lee Anderson will never stand for insult, especially the insult of never being invited round for dinner
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
Liz Truss was right but naive
She grasped the scale of Britain’s plight but misunderstood the nature of power
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
