The 5 best music festivals in summer in Italy, from North to South
Have you already planned your holidays in Italy this summer? If not, here you can find a few more reason to visit it between…
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Verdi Festival in Parma
Each autumn, when Giuseppe Verdi’s birthday approaches on 10th October, Festival Verdi begins with a full month of music, opera, exhibitions to celebrate the…
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A Neapolitan night in east London
On Monday, July 10th London gets closer to Italy, especially to Naples, the city ‘you have to visit before dying’ as the say goes….
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Iosonouncane and his music live in London
It is not a surprise that last Iosonouncane‘s gig in London at The Finsbury Pub organised by Strawboscopic was sold out. We met the…
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The Italian songwriter Birthh in concert in London
‘Perhaps the most British Italian you will ever possibly meet’. That’s how Alice Bisi, aka Birthh, defines herself on her Facebook page. The twenty-year-old Italian songwriter…
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Obsession, a tale of passion and disruption at Barbican Theatre
You might know that Obsession (Ossessione), Luchino Visconti‘s first feature film released in 1943, is based on the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice,…
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Sebastiano and Michelangelo at the National Gallery
Sebastiano del Piombo vs Michelangelo. Were they friends or rivals? Everybody knows Michelangelo. He carved the David and the Pietà, painted the ceiling of…
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‘Pawn Streets’, the everyday struggle of ordinary people
The impressive debut feature film from Irene Dionisio, screened at Cinema Made in Italy at Ciné Lumière in London, is a portrait of contemporary Italy…
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Dente and his ‘Canzoni per metà’ (half-written songs) in London
A strange figure, half-fish. and half-woman. That’s the cover of new Dente‘s album ‘Canzoni per metà’ (half-written songs) out in October 2016. The songwriter…
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Giacometti’s Women at Tate Modern
Sculptor, draughtsman, painter. Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) was all of this, but he was mainly celebrated for his elongated figures. The retrospective at the Tate Modern…
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From Afterhours to Salmo. All the Italian music coming to London
Has the horoscope told you that one of the best ways to start the New Year is going to a concert? If you are…
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Battle in the sunshine: the British forces in Italy during the Great War
The New Year starts with a great reopening: the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art in Highbury, London, reopens to the public on 13 January…
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