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An Italian Style Post Scriptum to London Fashion Week

by Julie Burns | Tue, 11/19/2013 - 08:44

Just like its other fashion cousin capitals Milan, Paris and New York, London Fashion Week may officially be over- yet a sense of Italian style lingers on-…

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Pearls Exhibition Opens In London

by Carol King | Fri, 09/20/2013 - 05:00

In the picture: A rare selection of natural pearls from the Qatar Museums Authority Collection. Photo © Creutz ----------------------------------------- This…

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London’s Temple Of Mithras Waits To Get A New Home

by Carol King | Tue, 04/09/2013 - 10:00

The Ancient Roman Temple of Mithras in London is to form part of a new building for media organisation Bloomberg.The temple dates to 240 AD and was removed off…

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Sir John Soane’s Museum In London Mounts Piranesi Show

by Carol King | Thu, 04/04/2013 - 06:24

A rare collection of drawings of Ancient Greek temples in Paestum by 18th-century Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi is on show at the Sir John Soane’s…

Giorgio Morandi Exhibition Opens In London

by Carol King | Wed, 02/27/2013 - 04:49

London’s Estorick Collection of Italian Modern Art is mounting an exhibition of Italian artist Giorgio Morandi’s work to inaugurate the gallery’s 15th…

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London Taxis To Be Made In Italy As British Firm Saves Bari Factory

by Carol King | Fri, 01/18/2013 - 05:31

London taxi cabs are known the world over for their distinctive shape and black colouring – and soon they will be made in Bari, Italy thanks to British…

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Star of Woody Allen Movie Italian Tenor Fabio Armiliato Performs In London

by Carol King | Fri, 01/11/2013 - 04:55

Acclaimed Italian tenor Fabio Armiliato will perform at London’s Wigmore Hall on 14 January as part of the Rosenblatt Recitals series. Armiliato performs at…

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London Hosts Major Show On Pompeii And Herculaneum

by Carol King | Thu, 10/25/2012 - 09:05

The British Museum in London’s ‘Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum’ exhibition brings together over 250 objects from the two Roman cities, many of which…

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Guerilla Opera Group Revisits Madame Butterfly

by Carol King | Thu, 10/04/2012 - 09:06

Giacomo Puccini’s opera ‘Madame Butterfly’ gets a makeover in London with ‘Finding Butterfly’ from cutting-edge opera-makers The Wedding Collective. ‘Finding…

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London Fashion Week – The Italians Come To Town

by Julie Burns | Wed, 09/26/2012 - 12:20

The Queen’s Jubilee, the Olympics and the recent London Fashion Week… swinging London completed this year’s hat trick of memorable events in high style – and…