Wolfgang Wagner and Lady Walton, who have both died, nurtured the memory of composers Richard Wagner and William Walton respectively, but in distinctive ways
By Rupert Christiansen
With the deaths announced yesterday of Wolfgang Wagner, at the …

Ischia is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples. The roughly trapezoidal island lies about 30 km from Naples and measures around 10 km east to …

A new tool is available to Ischitans and the general public in the form of Google Street View as described in this Ischia Blognews report [Italian]. For those of us who need to check the …

Though I stayed there for four days, I only got to see it in a day. I did my research earlier on, so I already knew where to go and what to see and most …

July 12th – 19th: These are the dates of the Summer rendezvous for the Italian film & music community, populated by the leaders of the entertainment and communications businesses, and the most celebrated luminaries on …

* Villa La Colombaia (Forio) – The Villa, which is surrounded by a superb park, was the residence of the movie director [9] Luchino Visconti. It is now the seat of an cultural Institution dedicated …

Castiglione Thermal Park is located in a natural green conch which goes down towards the sea and surrounded by a vast area of Mediterranean vegetation creating a pleasant atmosphere of peace and tranquillity.. Castiglione Thermal …