Massimo smoked cigarettes, watched Formula One, and smoked cigarettes.

The nurse held him down and pierced him again. He screamed harder. I felt hot and saw snow.

These days, it's hard to manage without someone to help if you work and have children.

An incoming SMS message is a Greek tragedy (or comedy) in the making.

Doing the rounds of end of term school plays, I shuddered to see the number of overweight children.

Muhammad was raised in the rough South Bronx section of New York City and gradually made his mark in Italy as a dancer and model.

I am a million-mile frequent flyer of virtual love spanning Boston to Belgium to Kosovo.

In Italy, the bikini months are when libido goes into overdrive.

My permesso di soggiorno had expired, in um, 1996. Yes, I do realize that’s quite a long time.

When that special someone does pull up, make sure he can carry your luggage.

Little did the snap-happy tourists know we'd be ripping off the hated gloves.