Lifestyle

Verdi’s Nabucco on Italian television to celebrate 150 years of unification

Works of art auction at Palazzo Ridolfi in Florence

Italian fashion: Valentino Haute Couture spring/summer 2011

Extreme Beauty in Vogue: Dolce & Gabbana’s party in Milan (part two)

Italy’s top ten museums

Big Brother Italy: Veronica hot or not?

Italian recipes: ricotta soup

Vieri’s girlfriend Melissa Satta in bikini

Lexus L-finesse – crystallised wind on display at Salone del Mobile in Milan

Amico Aspertini’s masterpiece on display in Florence

Life in the Agnelli family: Lapo Elkann wants to be Jewish

Italian dessert recipes: panna cotta with amaretti biscuits

Italian recipes: Potato casserole

Skiing in Italy: health spa deals in Piedmont

Donatella Versace dishes the dirt on Naomi Campbell et al

Italian wine festivals: Vignaioli & Vignerons in Tuscany

Luxury relais on sale near Siena

Adopt a cow on holiday in Italy

New movement in wine: luxury labels

Salami bar in Milan: trying Italy’s best wine, salami and cheese

Lessons in balsamic vinegar: the real stuff and how to taste it

Italian art: Caravaggio outstrips Michelangelo

Summer in Italy: Aeolian islands, haunt of the rich and famous

Luxury holidays in Sicily: Grand Hotel Mazzarò Sea Palace, Taormina

Tuscany tours: the Via di Caterina walking tour of the life of Leonardo da Vinci, from Vinci to San Pantaleo