On Monday 1st March thousands of British ex-pats living in Italy tried to tune in to Sky Italia’s channel 138 to find, instead of their favourite programme on the BBC Entertainment [formerly BBC Prime] channel, a notice from Sky informing them that the channel was no longer available.
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Sky cuts BBC – British ex-pats up in arms
In this photo: Peruzzi Chapel in Santa Croce Church – Florence. Photo by Gaspa Researchers in Florence using state-of-the-art techniques have been able to see original details that have not been seen for centuries in some of Giotto’s paintings
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"Secret" Giotto uncovered
Andrea Bocelli was honoured with the 2402nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday. The blind tenor, 51, looking delighted, knelt to feel his star, which is situated outside the Roosevelt Hotel. He told Ansa that the honour was a sign of the American public’s affection for him
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Bocelli on walk of fame
Archaeologists from Rome’s Tor Vegata University have found what could be the remains of the palace of Sextus Tarquinius , son of the last King of Rome, L.
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Palace of Sextus Tarquinius found
In this photo: Anna Wintour – Picture by Captain Catan Milan’s second Prêt-à-porter Week, which ends tomorrow, has attracted thousands of buyers from all over the world along with over two thousand journalists, but, for the organisers and designers, there is only one journalist who matters.
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Milan pret-à-porter week snubbed
Custom Teaser: Ten tasty ideas on how to get the best from Italy’s ‘Green Heart’. Words and Pictures by Germaine Stafford Ten tasty ideas on how to get the best from Italy’s ‘Green Heart’.
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Foodie fun in Umbria
Custom Teaser: It is a very strange feeling to wave goodbye to your dog in Cardiff, UK and think, “The next time I see her, I’ll be in Sicily – forever!” But that’s what I did on May 23rd 2005. Words by Pat Eggleton It is a very strange feeling to wave goodbye to your dog in Cardiff, UK and think, “The next time I see her, I’ll be in Sicily – forever!” But that’s what I did on May 23rd 2005.
The structure of the family is changing in Italy, albeit at a slower rate in the South.
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A ministry of singles?
The exhibition to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Michelangelo Merisi, or Caravaggio, opened at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome on Saturday and runs until 13th June.
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Caravaggio at the Scuderie del Quirinale
There has never been a Sanremo last night like it: a Prince was openly booed, the orchestra threw their music on the floor, the entire audience stood up at one point to protest and now the police may be involved in investigating the vote.
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Sanremo – an eventful last night