For years Italy has held the unfortunate reputation as a basket case country, plagued by corrupt institutions and a zombie …
It’s Black Friday, have a little empathy!
It’s that day again. That hallowed time of year when the whole family comes together to hit up Amazon Prime, …
Britain’s Empire State is the cause of Brexit. Can the English now liberate themselves from its influence?
In your latest book The Lure of Greatness you argue that Brexit was an English phenomenon. Can you explain what …
Theresa May in Florence, or an old-style socks-and-sandals Brit abroad
Earlier this summer Theresa May came to Italy on holiday where she made headlines for drunkenly singing ‘God Save Our Gracious Queen’ in a hotel bar. To me, this was a more honest Theresa than the one we saw yesterday.
Life and politics in Sicily’s last Arab Casbah
The renovation of a medieval town centre is an invitation for Europe to reflect on its origins, and its future.
Southern Europe’s summer inferno: silence of the nationalists
This year’s apocalyptic forest fires are part of an ongoing process of environmental change across the Mediterranean.
The Corbyn surge was no fantasy. But what does it mean for the UK?
As many had hoped but few expected it was youth mobilisation that swung it towards Labour.