Interviews
Cristina Comencini
Figlia d'arte, Comencini comes from a movie-making family, but her style is all her own.
Moira Egan
Moira Egan's life story includes poetry, funny glasses and an "accidental" husband —though not in that order.
Roy Doliner
Author and former Vatican tour guide Roy Doliner sees the Sistine Chapel as few have seen it before.
Barbara Aiello
Rabbi Barbara Aiello has linked her vivid Jewish present with Calabria's hidden Jewish past.
Mike Stocks
"These days Belli would write about the kids on their motorini... He’d write about mobile phones and the Internet."
John Dickie
A young Scotsman's journey south led to a lifelong love of Italian cuisine.
Claudio Cappon
"The Italian scene lacks what's accepted as normal professionalism in most places..."
Andrea Bargnani
Andrea Bargnani is the first Italian to reap the full benefits of basketball globalization.
Andrea Lee
"A writer’s job," says Lee, "is to comment on what’s around, to tell stories."
Irene Pivetti
"The problem is with Italian journalists who tend to love all things foreign. It’s a provincial attitude."
Marianne Williamson
"We're talking about a spiritual sensibility here, not religious dogma. A universal compassion has to do with consciousness..."
Paddy Agnew
"Italy is a culture where what goes on in public really matters, public perception matters..."