“His secret? Simple songs and the power of a beaming smile. He was sorry he couldn’t play well; he regarded Lucio Dalla and Pino Daniele as two great poets: ‘Quando’ was perhaps his favourite song.” Interview

 The Lega claims it wants to hold the vote at a leisurely pace, in September. Forza Italia says the same, though it is unclear whether they are bluffing. Meloni has instructed her MPs to act as if the vote were to take place in the spring, and she genuinely believes this will be the case. However, there are certain laws that can help us understand the political landscape over the coming months

In this ritual – so technical and so deeply rooted in time and programming, as if it were the blueprint for a colossal enterprise – there lies, paradoxically, an attempt, difficult for us to grasp, to immortalise human activity, or, rather, to seek the eternal in human activity

The book, recently published by Rizzoli and written by the Oscar- and Nastri d’Argento-winning costume and set designer, is a memoir that explores cinema and the capital, regarded as a safe haven for those not born on its streets

It’s not just about business and industrial units. A less frequently considered but crucial aspect is the social impact that will be felt within a few years in the western sector, where local authorities are currently feeling the pull of Milan, particularly amongst young people. What’s new (with a few unknowns) on the western front 

Fictitious quotations, imaginary novels and false autobiographies. An entire bibliography constructed to mislead the reader, because literature is under no obligation to resemble reality. The National Prize for Literature

In his book “La titanica giornata del professor Rossi”, Rocco Pezzimenti describes how trust in institutions crumbles amid bureaucracy, poor service and the precariousness of everyday life. It is in everyday frustrations, rather than in grand ideologies, that the roots of the protest vote lie.

The democracy with the highest voter turnout and birth rate. From the strength of its institutions to its economic vitality, from scientific research to social cohesion, Israel continues to defy the gloomiest predictions. An isolated country at war, where confidence in the future endures more than anywhere else. The Happy Satan