Custom Teaser: Panoramic country views and a beautiful restoration that blends period and contemporary details make this old stone mill near Volterra a particularly atmospheric home Emerald meadows, ancient golden stones, the soft whisper of a crystalline stream.
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Restored mill near Volterra, Tuscany
If you are going to be in or near Siena this Saturday, you will have a chance to see a faithful reconstruction of the medieval market that used to take place in the Piazza del Campo , or Palio Square.
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Medieval market in Siena
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
Custom Teaser: A useful guide to some of the towns producing fine majolica.. Words and Images by Christine Webb
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Potty about Ceramics – part 1
In the nation generally supposed to be the most romantic in the world many people suffer from sex-related headaches, new research has revealed.
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Not tonight, Caro mio
Italy’s Supreme Court, the Cassazione, has decided that motorists who need to “fare pipi” should no longer exercise their willpower until they reach a service station or a bar but may relieve themselves anywhere, even in public view.
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Any time, any place, anywhere
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.
In a week which saw the setting up and speedy closure in Italy of a facebook group which encouraged the derision of children with Down’s Syndrome, a Milan court has found three Google officers guilty of invasion of the privacy of a Down’s Syndrome teenager who was shown being bullied in a 2006 video clip.
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Google three convicted
It’s “Addio alla villa” for George Clooney and Eli [Elisabetta] Canalis. Yes, the fairytale Villa Oleandra, nestling in the idyllic setting of Laglio on Lake Como and scene of the couple’s blossoming love last summer, is up for sale – at a mere 20 million euros.
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Who will be the next "Lady of the lake"?
Sunday 28th February is “Anti-Smog Day” in Northern Italy, with over 80 towns planning to block non-emergency traffic for the day. Many Italian cities have had anti-pollution days before but this is to be the first time that the effort has been coordinated on such a scale.
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Anti-smog day