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This weekend’s newspaper features an eleven-page cultural supplement. Here’s what you’ll find at your local newsagent’s
14 AUG 26
Last updated: 07:09 PM
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This weekend’s newspaper features an eleven-page cultural supplement. Here’s what you’ll find at newsagents (and you can also download it here from 10.30 pm on Friday)
All the stars of the Plaza. The grand Roman hotel owned by Giuseppe Conte’s partner is now a tempting prospect for the Trump-style Zampolli. Over the years, it has hosted the composer Mascagni, the banker J. P. Morgan, and later Gianni De Michelis and Enzo Tortora. Feature – by Michele Masneri
Wagner reigns supreme. For 150 years in Bayreuth, it has been all about his music and nothing else. To mark the anniversary, the composer’s immortality merges with digital transformation – by Mario Leone
Wagner reigns supreme. For 150 years in Bayreuth, it has been all about his music and nothing else. To mark the anniversary, the composer’s immortality merges with digital transformation – by Mario Leone
Theatre of
Camouflage. From a place of resistance to a stage of survival: the life, stories and wartime characters of the Kherson theatre – by Micol Flammini
Stormy Nights. On the shores of Lake Geneva, in the summer that wasn’t a summer, amidst ghost stories by candlelight. Thus was Frankenstein born – by Massimiano Bucchi
Camouflage. From a place of resistance to a stage of survival: the life, stories and wartime characters of the Kherson theatre – by Micol Flammini
Stormy Nights. On the shores of Lake Geneva, in the summer that wasn’t a summer, amidst ghost stories by candlelight. Thus was Frankenstein born – by Massimiano Bucchi
Gulliver: of wars and brawls. Selfishness and baseness, utopias and farces. Reading about the wretched humanity portrayed by Jonathan Swift is still a delight – by Siegmund Ginzberg
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Hundred Years of Fidel. A Cuba on the Brink of Collapse marks the centenary of the Líder Máximo with subdued celebrations. And the whole of Latin America is coming to terms with his poisoned legacy – by Maurizio Stefanini
Hundred Years of Fidel. A Cuba on the Brink of Collapse marks the centenary of the Líder Máximo with subdued celebrations. And the whole of Latin America is coming to terms with his poisoned legacy – by Maurizio Stefanini
The Sensual Death of Cuba. Pedro Juan Gutiérrez has taken up writing again. The tales of a Casanova from Havana and his battered island – by Alberto Riva
Where innovation is at risk. Baking, hand-sewing. Is there a future, or is it just nostalgia? From our grandmothers’ cooking to manual labour, an idealised past (which never really existed) seems more desirable to us than a cruel modernity. A political phenomenon, beyond mere fads – by Antonio Pascale
Green Enchantments. Imposing, mysterious and discreet presences that compel us to silence and observation. A sentimental eulogy to trees – by Stefano Picciano
Psychoanalysis of a sunset. The timeless allure that seduces and bewilders, and at times causes anguish. What stirs in the human mind when faced with the colours of the sky – by Carmelo Zaffora