Carol King
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Carol King spends her time between Sicily and London. She has been a journalist and writer for 30 years and a freelance for more than 20 years. Carol loves travel and has visited 36 countries - so far. Her appetite for travel has seen her track gorillas in Uganda, climb Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka, visit salt mines in Poland and puff cigars in Cuba. Outside of the UK she has lived in Buenos Aires, Madrid and Modica, Sicily. After more than 20 years as a technology journalist editing various titles and writing for newspapers including the Wall Street Journal Europe, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph, now Carol writes mainly on travel, art, architecture, film and history for books, magazines and websites. She has written about travel for TheTravelEditor.com, Frommer’s, Volotea Airline and 1001 Escapes, as well as Destinations Travel, Destination Weddings, Psychologies and Discover magazines. Carol also does guest slots on the BBC radio show Mondo Italiano and Australia’s Rete Italia. She loves Sicily: its nature, architecture, sun, sea, food and, most of all, its people.
Articles by Carol King
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The Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) has uncovered a Graeco-Roman industrial area in Sinai, east of the Suez Cana…
The Torre del Lago Opera Festival in Lucca, Tuscany dedicated to Giacomo Puccini starts on 12 July.
This year the festival pays tribute to two other…
Antique books taken from an Italian church during World War II were returned to Italy with the aid of a foundation dedicated to the conflict’s so-call…
The Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi (Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds) of dance, opera, art, theatre and music opens later this month.
Set in the Umbria…
A probe has been launched into the delayed construction of Rome’s metro C underground line because of concerns regarding the foundation of the Colosse…
Carol King interviews choreographer, dancer and TV star Bruno Tonioli about Italy, food, and what it’s like being a judge on dancing competitions ‘Str…
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Archaeologists in England have discovered artefacts at an Ancient Roman fort – with the help of moles.
Volunteers from the Altog…
words by Carol King A Baltimore, Maryland developer is planning to build a tower in the city that resembles the Leaning Tower of Pisa, according to th…
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On the 500th anniversary of the composition of Niccolò Machiavelli’s 'Il Principe' (The Prince), Carol King looks at the influenc…
Young American students see Italy as a global leader in wine and fashion, according to a recent survey. The results of the survey, ‘American Students’…
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Venetian local authorities are looking to reduce the proliferation of colours seen on the city’s water taxis.
Gondolas are usual…
In what the Italian media has referred to as the “battle of the cones”, Milanese ice-cream lovers have forced the local council to back down after it…
British pop star Sting is throwing open the doors of his 16th century estate in Tuscany to paying guests. The singer’s Il Palagio estate is in the med…
Carol King speaks to Italian film director Ivano Fachin about his documentary of an ice-cream seller’s life on the road. Photos by Lorenzo Sammito
As…
Rome is where most foreigners choose to rent or buy a home in Italy according to a recent survey.
Italian estate agency Immobiliare.it, together with…
words by Carol King Drive-in love bays have been set up by the Solfatara volcanic crater at Pozzuoli, near Naples, according to the British newspaper…
The winners of the 2013 David di Donatello film awards – Italy’s equivalent to the Oscars – were announced during a gala ceremony on 14 June. The stan…
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Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, christened the largest cruise ship ever built by Fincantieri in Italy
The ship is Princ…
The Soffritto Italian Grill in Newark, Delaware is the most popular Italian restaurant in the world outside of Italy that bears the Ospitalità Italian…
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Tunnels and bridges may be built in an effort to save Italy’s last wild bears – if funds can be found for the project.
The Marsi…