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It’s almost Easter now but an interesting exhibition still on-going in Rome brings us back to the Carnival atmosphere. “Carnevale Romano” is the title of this temporary exhibition which is located in the Museo di Roma of Palazzo Braschi, just nearby Piazza Navona. A collection of over 90 art pieces, including prints of Bartolomeo and [...]

Beauty and art have always been connected. Sometimes, by trying to reflect what is considered beauty for society and sometimes by turning ugliness into something beautiful. Beauty can be too simple, by lacking expression, something only useful to be contemplated and then forgotten. Youth has always been related to beauty: young and perfect bodies, smooth skin, [...]

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio died 400 years ago. For this reason an extraordinary exhibition has been organised to celebrate this anniversary. The location of such an amazing event couldn’t be any other but Rome, the city where the famous Lombard genius realised most of his painting. An intense life A lot has been written about the genius [...]

It’s not certainly a rarity to read about cases of corruption on Italian newspapers. The music takes all different tone when one of these cases leads to a larger scandal, involving Vatican City and a supposed ring of escort service and gay prostitution. Main starring of this story is Angelo Balducci, former head of [...]

Theoretically, a secret should be kept and even more so if it has passed from generation to generation. But we decided to be generous and tell you some little secrets to spare you from going to the dentist in these times of crisis. Yes, people are so stressed they are biting down on their jaw. [...]

Do you remember when having a tattoo was a synonym for the word lout and it was assumed that a tattooed person was somebody with a bad reputation along with a sinister life? So, nowadays, the tattoo’s tacky seafarer image is long a thing of the past. There is an endless list of celebrities getting [...]

Hello Kitty is back in fashion. But if you think about it, it has been always fashionable and it has been part of the childhood, adolescence and adult life of many women all over the world. Here are some facts about this character-icon that has been reproduced in so many notebooks, pencil holders, towels, backpacks, [...]

Will the Pope be the man of the year? At 82 years of age, Benedict sixth will sing for the album Alma Mater. Music from the Vatican is his classical album nominated to compete at the Classical Brit Awards. On the 13th of May, this contest will reveal the best classic songs from the UK [...]