Memory Lane
Whatever Eva wants
Willingness to take responsibility for emotional damage done is starting to elude an entire generation.
The Japanese pope
Until Benedict's resignation, the Vatican beat was all about death, ceremony and speculation.
Dolce past
Once upon a time, Rome's Via Veneto was a hair haven for celebrities.
Immaculate anxiety
"We are in twilight, like this evening," said Enzo Ferrari. It was 1976.
Rudge’s time
"They'll always pick on [Ezra Pound], but I know he wasn't an anti-Semite."
Long John
Some players are larger-than-life, and the Rome version of Giorgio Chinaglia qualified.
It’s nevicating!
Rome's one and only 20th-century blizzard struck in February 1986.
A husband too far
When a marriage begins with a fax, it may be time to look at love's fine print.
Too deep
When Alfredo Rampi was trapped in a well near Rome in June 1981, Italy came to a halt.
Vermi d’inchiostro
Italo Calvino was a monk, a scribe, a transcriber of Gamma Rays.
Hornets
"Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut."
Carnal knowledge
Once-upon-a-time in Rome, newspapers and sex seemed on and the same.