The Week in Italy | Jamie Mackay | Substack

Plus, Enrico Letta’s election gambit and a new Italo Svevo translation

Plus VAT cuts and a new novel by Erri de Luca

Jul 28

Plus, police racism and watermelon granita

Jul 21

Plus, new work by Tobias Jones and a museum of the Italian language

Jul 14

Plus, a ‘watermelon coalition’ and an Elsa Morante TV adaptation

Jul 7

Plus, Naples in NYC and a podcast on Pico della Mirandola

Jun 30

Plus, water shortages and walking the Appian Way

Jun 23

Plus, motorway drama and the rhythms of liscio

Jun 16

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