Danny Boyle’s ceremony variously described as ‘outrageous’, ‘inventive and offbeat’ and ‘the world’s biggest inside joke’.
Journalism
Theatre audiences in Europe flock to plays despite the economic squeeze
Stage performances in Italy, Spain and France have suffered from funding cuts, but ticket sales are high.
London 2012: international press fears about tuberculosis, brothels and Bakewell tarts
Indians are sniffy about the toilets, Turks are focusing on the brothels and the beds are too short for some. The world’s correspondents report back on global first impressions.
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Italy’s former interior minister implicated in mafia talks
Prosecutors in Palermo accuse Nicola Mancino of withholding evidence about talks between the state and Sicilian mafia.
Eurozone crisis live: Greece ‘off track’; Germany’s credit rating outlook cut to negative – as it happened
Here’s a question to ponder over your lunch: how long did the Spanish parliament spend seriously debating the pros and cons of entry into the
euro?
John Hooper, our correspondent in Rome, reckons the answer is “less than a day” – and the same is probably also true for Portugal, Greece and Italy.
House of the Telephus Relief: raising the roof on Roman real estate
Buried by Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, archaeologists at Herculaneum have excavated and carried out the first-ever full reconstruction of the timber roof of a Roman villa.
The last thing Italy needs
Silvio Berlusconi will probably run for prime minister for a seventh time.
Italy arrests four over custody battle ‘kidnapping ring’
Milan warrant claims at least three abductions carried out under cover of charity for parents estranged from German partners.
Vatican passes financial transparency test – but with poor grades
Holy See passes financial transparency test but is judged ‘non-compliant’ or ‘partially compliant’ in 23 of 45 areas.
Corigliano d’Otranto thinks it is Italy’s most philosophical town, therefore it is
Town faces criticism after appointing municipal philosopher to offer weekly consultations and questioning residents’ existence.