The row over the presence of giant cruise ships in Venice’s lagoon was reignited this weekend after claims that a huge vessel belonging to the same company as the wrecked Costa Concordia sailed dangerously close to St Mark’s Square.
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Wu Ming on Altai and the political subjectivity of writing as a collective
Wednesday 12 June 2013
The Italian socialist authors' sequel to Q has finally been translated into English after a four year wait. James Legge meets half of their number
Classical review: Maometto secondo, Garsington Opera, Wormsley
Monday 10 June 2013
Garsington's 'Maometto secondo' is risibly directed but superlatively sung
B&B and Beyond: Bloom, Venice
Saturday 08 June 2013
A short walk from St Mark's Square, a 13th-century mercantile building is now an intimate guesthouse
Art review: 55th Venice Biennale, Various venues outside the Giardini, Venice
Monday 03 June 2013
Artist Alfredo Jaar makes the point that while 28 countries own national pavilions inside the Giardini, the remaining 60 are kept outside. Chile, his own country, has to rent its pavilion.
Great Works: Fra Teodoro of Urbino as Saint Dominic (1515), 63.9 x 49.5 cms by Giovanni Bellini
Friday 24 May 2013
V&A Museum, London
Yo! Sushi owner in bidding for burger chain
Monday 20 May 2013
The owner of Yo! Sushi is battling rival private equity firms to acquire Byron, the upmarket burger chain, for £100m.
Motorboats banned from Venice canals
Sunday 14 April 2013
It was all quiet on the Grand Canal today after Venice ordered its first ban on the motorboats that threaten the crumbling city's future.
Snow Report: Look north for next season's top ski destinations
Saturday 16 March 2013
The current ski season is in full swing, and still looking good for snow cover almost everywhere, but already news for 2013-14 is starting to appear.
Benetton store is latest 'indignity' for Venice's Grand Canal
Wednesday 13 March 2013
The city's most desirable address has a new tenant - and not everyone's happy about it
The Catholic Church on film: When the men in black lost their role as the good guys
Monday 11 February 2013
Priests were once movie symbols of decency and heroism. Scandals in the Catholic Church have ended that, says Geoffrey Macnab
The Big Six: Venetian palace hotels
Saturday 26 January 2013
Notable guests, romantic retreats and ultra-chic hideaways
Three challenge for hard-hit America's Cup
Tuesday 08 January 2013
Just three challengers will line up in San Francisco this year bidding to topple the local holders of the America’s Cup.
Travel in 2013: Holidays for couples
Sunday 30 December 2012
What better reason do you need to take your loved one to the romantic city of Venice than to revel in the spruced-up interiors of the Gritti Palace (00 39 041 2961 2222; star woodhotels.com), due to reopen in February after a major refurbishment?
A splash of the special treatment
Friday 30 November 2012
From peppermint facials to artificial ice caves, Juliet Kinsman hits the on-trend spas
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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