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Our events listing keeps you up-to-date on the latest and greatest in culture, music and other English-friendly entertainment. This is a selection of the best of them. MEDICI/Alchemy and the Arts Until February 3 Uffizi Gallery, piazzale degli Uffizi 6, Florence The discovery of
THE MASTER ODEON: January 17 P. T. Anderson's masterly movie may or may not be about Scientology, but its vision of a charismatic new post-World War II religion and the allure and then disillusion in the interplay between ambitious leader and vulnerable follower is profound and gripping. ‘
Archaeologists have considered it one of the most important discoveries since the Roman Forum: a recently completed excavation of a 900-seat auditorium under Rome's piazza Venezia, believed to have been funded by Emperor Hadrian around 123 CE. Situated 5.5 metres below ground, with three halls, 13
Racism in football has once again reared its ugly head in Italy. A recent friendly match at Busto Arsizio between fourth-tier Pro Patria FC and AC Milan was brought to a premature end when the Rossoneri's Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the pitch after being subjected to racist
Italy's political system has been marked by instability since late 2012, when the country's centre-right majority led by the People of Freedom party (PdL; www.pdl.it) stripped the technocrat government of its support. Since then, Italian politics has heated up in view of the upcoming general
After a 50-year hiatus, farmers and agricultural firms in the town of Capannori, in the province of Lucca, will again cultivate hemp. As part of a pilot project to make eco-friendly building materials, seeds for the controversial crop will be planted in March for a September harvesting.
After an initial face-to-face meeting, the process of community decision making regarding changes to Pistoia's piazza dello Spirito Santo is occurring completely online. On December 9, in a public event held in the square, city officials called on citizens to provide ideas and suggestions for the
According to the December report, Pendolaria 2012, conducted by the Italian environmental association Legambiente, the railway line connecting Viareggio to Florence is among the 10 worst railway lines in Italy and the worst In Tuscany. At the same time, however, the report also confirms that Tuscany is among the
ACF Fiorentina have slipped to fifth placed in Serie A, after 0-2 loss at home to Pescara and a 3-1 away defeat to Udinese, leaving them five points adrift of ...
For one of Italy's most popular museums, 2012 was a record year. The Uffizi Gallery welcomed 1,767,030 visitors in the last 12 months, 2,000 more than in 2011. The numbers put the Uffizi at the top of the 24 local museums under the management of the
Welcome, students! It's a new year and the city is full of life and vivacity, enlivened by the arrival of thousands of study abroad and Erasmus students from all over the world. If you are one of these lucky people who have recently arrived in our colourful city,
