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Executed by the mob: Naples turns blind eye as killer strikes

30.10.09
A hitman struck in daylight in a gangland execution that nobody saw in Italy... more

We must not forget the courage of Anna Politkovskaya

08.10.09
We are all concerned about freedom of speech and of the press. We journalists fret that libel suits are curtailing our ability to expose corruption and wrongdoing... more

Mafia croc’s offer you can’t refuse

24.09.09
A Mafia mobster had an unusual method of persuading victims not to refuse his offer of protection — he threatened them with his crocodile... more

Abbas's so-so Cosi Fan Tutte

01.06.09
It is reasonable to ask whether Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami was a wise choice for the stage version of Cosi Fan Tutte.... more

Best Pizza in London

20.05.09
After years of putting up with unappetising ham and pine­apple toppings and greasy stuffed crusts, Londoners can at last enjoy real Italian pizza.... more

Campania Gastronomia has a decision to make

15.04.09
Campania Gastronomia needs to make up its mind if it is mainly a restaurant or a shop. On the other hand, it is, unmistakably, the real thing.... more

Students flee Italian earthquake in pyjamas

06.04.09
A massive earthquake hit central Italy killing more than 90 people and leaving more than 50,000 homeless... more

Baroque was first age of bling

03.04.09
A new survey of the Baroque is full of the ludicrous and extravagant but where is emotion, magnificence and spirit?.... more

Pizza that doesn't pile on the pounds

16.03.09
For dieters it sounds too good to be true - Londoners are being encouraged to visit a chain of high street restaurants for slimming advice - and a pizza... more

Vanvitelli brings the grandest souvenir

21.11.08
A Grand Tourist with an eye for excellence would have bought a view of modern Rome by Vanvitelli rather than a Canaletto.... more

Spare Handel from these Jonathan Ross japes

14.11.08
I do not much care for the thousand operas of George Frideric Handel, musical tub-thumper to King George I, but I submit to him from time to time to discover if I like them any better... more

Makeba, anti-apartheid's voice, dies after concert

10.11.08
Miriam Makeba, the South African singing star who was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, has died... more

Royal flush in Partenope

10.10.08
Crystallised through the stark imagery of French Surrealism, ENO's new staging of Partenope is packed with riches.... more

Topping pizza at Eco

13.08.08
The new Chiswick branch of a small family-run restaurant beats the big chains hands down for quality and value.... more

Damon Brown makes music last

18.07.08
The tall, shaven-headed Damon Brown is flourishing in exile. Based in Paris, he's playing more warmly and fluently than ever.... more

Five to try: Fierce Ovens

09.07.08
Sometimes it's the heat of the oven that makes or breaks a dish. Fay Maschler finds the best ovens in London. ... more

London's best Italian restaurants

18.06.08
Go on our authentic taste tour of Italy - without ever having to leave London. Ursula Hirschkorn reveals some of the capital's best Italian restaurants.... more

BA fires two bosses after T5 travel fiasco

15.04.08
British Airways has fired the two directors responsible for the airline's disastrous move to Terminal 5 at Heathrow... more

Curiouser and curiouser

14.03.08
The Queen's Gallery's enchanting new show dedicated to the strange wonders of nature is unmissable, says Brian Sewell.... more

Neo-bop by a Neopolitan

09.01.08
Bad enough that Fabio Capello is teaching us how to play football, his Italian compatriot Renato D'Aiello is showing Londoners how the tenor sax should be played... more

Porn from the provinces

07.12.07
Discoveries at the National Gallery is a worthy project that aims to catalogue every publicly owned painting in Britain but it is populated by some surprisingly low-rent works.... more

Pornography for the prude

12.10.07
It is daft to restrict the Barbican's new exhibition, Seduced, to over-18s, says Brian Sewell.... more

Barbican show is posing a most seductive question

10.10.07
The Barbican has insisted their Seduced exhibition, a new survey of 2,000 years of sex in art, is a most serious academic show.... more

New owners but same heart

22.08.07
Formerly called La Spighetta, Giusto has a new team in place and is something of a find.... more

Top summer tables

01.08.07
With everything from Sichuan to Finnish influences, there are some real high points among this year's best new restaurants.... more

Cosi's colourful revival

23.05.07
Nicholas Hytner's production of Così fan tutte is back at Glyndebourne in resounding style a year after its first appearance, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

My lunch at Mr Fiddle-Faddle's

09.05.07
With his egg-and-bacon ice-cream and snail porridge, some claim Heston Blumenthal creates "culinary art". But will it stand up to our art critic's exacting standards?.... more

Rekindling our old passion for Italian

14.03.07
Ristorante Semplice, a newly opened restaurant off New Bond Street, is a timely reminder of why we Brits fell for Italian cooking in the first place, says Fay Maschler.... more

Joyful taste of Naples

17.01.07
This excerpt ballet was just the thing to cheer you up on a January night, says Sarah Frater. But Rhapsody star Carlos Acosta maybe needs to slow down a bit.... more

Rolling with the fashion crowd

16.08.06
Restaurateur Claudio Pulze has done what he sensibly often does with Via Condotti: bought a fading business, spent a frugal amount on redecoration and opened a moderately-priced restaurant.... more

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