Generally speaking, its champions are individuals who are intimidated by the prospect of placing themselves in others’ historical and cultural shoes, or of engaging with a radically different world view seriously. The lessons of Simone Weil and Montaigne on freedom and relativism 

Author of a ‘dictionary of hypocrisies’ stemming from political correctness (‘E finsero felici e contenti’), the writer remains true to his ironic yet serious non-conformism: “Prudence would suggest observing developments over a longer period. If, however, we’re talking about ourselves, I don’t think the ‘woke’ movement has had much of an impact.”

The man who committed two sexual assaults in Turin within the space of 40 minutes – first against an adult woman and then against a 13-year-old girl – is a non-EU national of no fixed abode. Following his arrest, the man was released by the investigating magistrate on astonishing grounds. Minister Nordio has sent in inspectors

Internal rifts within Vannacci’s party over Gasperini’s programme: whilst the cultural row with Sforzini rages on, the movement is split between reactionary nostalgia, moral battles and those who would like to talk about the future. With the risk of splitting apart even before going to the polls

Statues have played a significant role in this recent journey, from political correctness to cancel culture and finally to ‘woke’ culture. From Christopher Columbus to Montanelli, and now Conte 

Having debunked the extremism of the ‘good guys’, it is high time we put an end to this obsession with trauma and the ‘wounds’ of the privileged born in the ‘fat millennium’

Judging by the comments circulating in recent hours, the Italian version of ‘woke’ – buried by Giuseppe Conte – seems, in fact, to be primarily a matter of etiquette, good manners and an update of the old ‘Political Correctness’, originally imported in the form of Veltroni-style ‘do-goodism’

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it was “madness”. What will take its place? Doubts about the end of stoning as a method