Sicily has always had a wonderful climate, with hot sun well into autumn, but now it also has top-end resorts and Michelin-starred cuisine, says, says
Jo Fernández... more
A volcanic island steeped in history and draped with vivid blooms, Sicily is a feast for the mind and the senses, and the food isn't bad either, says Hettie Harvey... more
Giuseppe Tornatore's Baaria, like his best-known work Cinema Paradiso, goes on too long and, despite its visual felicities, in the end tries the patience... more
Palermo's Edison Cavani could start alongside Luis Suarez in Uruguay's attack with Atletico Madrid star Diego Forlan playing behind them in support... more
Socceroo's coach Pim Verbeek has called up inexperienced 18-year-old Tommy Oar for his World Cup squad, a decision reminiscent of Sven Goran Eriksson and Theo Walcott... more
Just as the consequences of the volcano illustrate chaos theory, so the disruptive aberration of Nick Clegg may unexpectedly end up toppling one of the real outsiders in this election... more
Serie A review: Inter Milan extended their lead at the top of Serie A thanks to a 1-0 home win over Fiorentina, while city rivals AC Milan capitalised on Juventus' 2-0 defeat at Cagliari to climb to second... more
I was in Sicily over the weekend and visited the celebrated Capuchin catacombs, where the imperfectly preserved corpses of the 19th-century middle class of Palermo are strung up along the walls... more
A haunting exhibition from Hungarian-American photographer Peter Hujar brilliantly documents the fearful era of New York in the late seventies and early eighties.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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