Gianluca Roselli

Sensational at the Olimpico

Lazio are top of the table, with Roma hot on their heels. Roma fans are crossing their fingers, whilst Lazio fans are on strike

The Hamlet-like dilemma plaguing the Biancocelesti supporters is this: by not going to the stadium, could I be having a negative impact on the league table? On the other side of the divide, people are watching – or pretending to watch – only the Giallorossi. The first derby will take place on 13 December

Gianluca Roselli

22 OCT 26

Roma Capoccia

The Pope at Gemelli Hospital. No more clusters of reporters; the TV crews are on the hill and there is no longer a daily bulletin

Outside the hospital where Leo XIV is being treated, there is less of a crowd than usual. Everything is now more subdued and orderly. Compared to the past, there is one significant change. The medical bulletin is read more by doctors, but a statement is issued by the Holy See in the Vatican press office

Gianluca Roselli

15 OCT 26

Roma Capoccia

Bombs in eastern Rome. Gualtieri is alarmed, the police are investigating, and a march is planned for tomorrow.

Over the last forty days, there have been around ten explosions in the eastern part of the capital, all occurring at night, involving firecrackers set off outside shops, bars, homes and cars. This is a new modus operandi, about which, however, little is yet known

Gianluca Roselli

8 OCT 26

ROME HEADLINE

The Rome Jazz Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary and is paying tribute to Miles Davis on the centenary of his birth

“Rereading Miles, Rethinking Jazz” is the title of the 2026 festival, running from 1 to 24 November at the “Ennio Morricone” Auditorium Parco della Musica, with some events also taking place off-site. Paolo Fresu will open this year’s festival with *Kind of Lives*

Gianluca Roselli

3 OCT 26

Roma Capoccia

A fictional Viterbo. In his new book, Filippo Rossi explains why the City of the Popes is failing to take off. Politics plays a part.

The city isn’t taking off, but why? “The people of Viterbo have an underlying shyness. Add to that the fact that the city isn’t wealthy, that it doesn’t have an industrial middle class but rather an agricultural one – conservative and, at heart, Christian Democrat – and it follows that the role of leadership would fall to politics. Yet politics lacks both vision and courage,” notes the journalist and writer

Gianluca Roselli

26 SEP 26

ROME CAPOCCIA

Crazy about newsstands. The success of street bars

Hanging out in the square having a chat – without necessarily having to stay indoors – has always been a staple of Roman youngsters’ evenings. This perhaps explains the success of Fischio and other kiosks that have sprung up in the city in recent years.

Gianluca Roselli

19 SEP 26

A farce on the Tiber

Ten years on, the summer festival on the river has, if anything, got even worse

On the riverbank, the summer saw ‘Lungo il Tevere…Roma’, the 24th edition of the festival of ‘events, culture, music and gastronomy’. The atmosphere is rather dreary, with stalls selling trinkets and the feeling of being at a village funfair.

Gianluca Roselli

5 SEP 26

Photo taken from the Facebook page of ‘Lungo il Tevere Roma’

Rome, the ringleader

Aurelio Picca guides us through the lakes and country inns of the Colli Albani – a real day trip out of town

The cool air is in the Castelli. Just a few kilometres from the capital lies another Rome, made up of volcanic lakes, woods and lavishly laid tables. The writer Aurelio Picca explores the Colli Albani through history, local rivalries and new taverns

Gianluca Roselli

25 JUL 26

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