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Canary in the wharf mine   Sunday night, Heathrow arrivals. All grey carpet and glass and not a whisper in the air. Such calm…

Lorenzo Grifantini on putting the Italian touch on London houses   How does it feel to leave Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster? If you are a…

Neighbourhood watch: Simonetta Agnello Hornby loves her East Dulwich      “I wanted to give something back to the place I love”.  Simonetta Agnello…

While the housing market booms, the number of homeless people is growing Hardly a day goes by without the newspapers reporting on the increase…

From shameful to chic, Matera comes back to life in caves.     The French call it deja-vu, and nothing better describes the sensation you…

“I do miss my home in Italy sometimes”, the interior and fashion designer Allegra Hicks once said. “I think everyone always does miss their homeland. I…

To celebrate the London Design Festival, during which Italian design has always played a central part, we have decided to work around a theme that…

The pleasure of domesticity from Ancient Rome to Renzo Piano.   Living like an Italian: it’s a style and mode of life which has…

“Small, but suitable for me, clean, free of expenses and purchased solely with my own money”   You will find this inscription on the…

The young Italians who come to London to grow up.   She makes your bed, irons your shirts and cooks your favourite dish. The…

  Photojournalist, fine art photographer and pioneer video maker. Born in Monza (Milan). Get lost observing people and loves to try all kind of local…

Construction world needs a feminine touch.   Have you ever thought of contracting a female plumber? Or having a lady re-wire your house? Think…