In the historical past, people who were suspected of spreading disease were tortured and condemned to death, today we have parents who, ignoring all medical and scientific guidance, choose not to vaccinate their children against infectious diseases such as measles, putting all our communities—and especially the most vulnerable among us...

Posting selfies and pictures gives the illusion that life is fuller than it is. Plucking the high points and foregrounding them suggests an accumulation of ‘content’. An implicit statement that, “my life is fuller than yours, look at all the things I do, all the friends I have.” But the...

We care more about climate change because this is our future and what we are being left with. This is what we’re going to have to live with, and so this is something that we can put our energy behind, to fight for our future movement. People in power have...

With cooking at home going the way of the dinosaur, we reach out for alternatives. Thanks to technology, meal delivery from restaurants is now widespread, but where is this food coming from, why do we need it and what is it doing to the dining industry?

Up to recently, it was possible to imagine a world without national borders. Now the toxic rhetoric of wannabe dictators, white supremacists and hate-mongers in power may tip us over the edge into the kind of dystopia that features the breakdown of democracy, civil war, concentration camps and genocide.

Like Elena Ferrante, Camilleri is a ‘glocal’ author who manages to turn the local into the global, telling stories that are rooted deeply in Sicily while simultaneously representing the universal human conflicts that every reader can identify with.

But what about the Italian people in this dilemma? Despite stereotypes as a self-interested and family-centric nation that sacrifices the public good for the sake of nepotism and the immediate family, Italy, like any other country, is made up of people of all kinds: good and bad, compassionate or selfish...

È giusto dire che mentre il suo lavoro nel design dell'opera e nella sceneggiatura ha sempre ricevuto elogi, la sua carriera cinematografica ha avuto alti e bassi: egli ha raggiunto uno stile distintivo che rende i suoi film facilmente riconoscibili come "opera di Zeffirelli", ma ...

It is fair to say that while his work in opera design and staging have consistently received praise, his film career has been more checkered. He has achieved a signature style that makes his films easily recognizable as a “Zeffirelli work,” but…

Complex and fearless, Lina Wertmüller aimed to create controversy in her films. Loved and hated, declared to be among the most brilliant film directors, she was nominated for an Oscar for Seven Beauties but never won it. After more than six decades of her career, the famed director remains politically...