Echoing her mother’s bittersweet, sociopolitical awareness, Rebecca Turner explores the beauty of Italy. Reflecting on what is broadcasted in film and photography, she ponders the harsh truth of Italy’s social and political reality, as well as the lack of awareness surrounding it.

“There’s no better way to encapsulate it: Mavi is pure, casual magic”: Anja Gogo discloses her fieldnotes of a gem worth discovering, from the Internet to the Internet.

Staff Writer Dylan Stewart explores the new landscape of Italian politics in this interrogative article that explores the intersection of womanhood, politics, and the future of Italy.

Reflecting on Ferlito’s leave from gymnastics, Anja Gogo explores the two-faced nature of the sport, in line with the recent scandal reported by the Olympian athlete

Reflecting post-election, Olivia Solomons provides the contextual grounds that led to a far-right outcome, exploring the unique position of Italy’s young voters, contrasting other European countries.

In the first instalment of his column ‘Radical Europe’, Joe Tresidder explores the enigmatic figure of Giorgia Meloni and her meteoric rise to power in Italy.

Anja Gogo explores the serendipity of discovering Madame’s musical existence, by analysing how fascinating the evolution of her introspective persona was (and continues to be).

Iza and I never imagined looking back on a poem we wrote in Year 10. We hope our words can be mirrors for other young identities, equally conflicted, equally searching for themselves.

Jenny Frost takes us on a virtual tour of the Italian city of Ravenna, exploring how the city embraces its cultural heritage while pushing forward into modernity.

Through a historical lens and a deep-dive into symbolism, Anja Gogo unravels the musical gomitolo that is Bella Ciao, a resistance anthem per eccellenza.

With a welcome deviation from traditional Renaissance focus, Camilla Allibone celebrates Battiferra’s transcendence. In terms of the female image, she analyses her portrait as literal art and as a symbolical vector.

Jenny Frost reviews the new Italian cartoon mini-series Strappare lungo i bordi by artist Zerocalcare.

Retracing back to life’s simple pleasure, Anja Gogo challenges the utopic aura of the dolce far niente, exploring what it really means to be maestri dell’improvvisare.

With her first article as columnist, Camilla Allibone proposes a rediscovery of the celebrated Italian Renaissance through the lens of the female experience.

In the occasion of Holocaust Memorial Day, Anja Gogo pays her own cinephile tribute by reviewing Life is beautiful, navigating controversies and deeper meanings.

Jenny Frost reviews Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film, The Hand of God, which explores the director’s childhood and his life-saving obsession with Diego Maradona.