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
An international team of experts has discovered why ancient Roman concrete has proved to be so durable: seawater.
A team led by Paulo Monteiro of the…
"Boccaccio reading from the Decameron to Queen Johanna of Naples" - 1849, painting by Gustave Wappers
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An academic at England’s U…
Street View images of Venice’s canals will be available thanks to a device dubbed the “Google Gondola,” reports British newspaper ‘The Guardian’. The…
An archaeology student unearthed an 1,800-year-old carved stone head thought to represent a Roman god.
The artefact was found in an ancient rubbish du…
The cargo of an ancient Roman ship has been found in the sea off Sicily.
It was located at a depth of 130 to 165 feet underwater at the port of Filicu…
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If you like vanilla ice cream, it means you are an idealist, reports the Italian Istituto del Gelato (Ice Cream Institute).
The i…
Three Italian films will vie for the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
The films by Italian directors include Gianni Amelio’s ‘L’intrep…
words by Carol King Italian shoe boutique La Maison de Mavie is renting out designer shoes so that Italian women can continue to look fashionable desp…
Carol King selects some of the best Italian gelato flavours.
Everyone has a favourite ice cream flavour. Chocolate is the undisputed king of ice crea…
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An American DVD aimed at educating children about Italy has been released.
Called "Ciao Bambolini: Italy for Kids", the DVD is ta…
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The “delicious” taste of some balsamic vinegar bottled in the 18th-century has stunned experts.
Italian news agency ANSA reports…
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Italian brides and grooms are foregoing buttery pastries and sugary cakes in favour of ice cream and sorbets, according to the Ist…
The above image is Leonardo da Vinci's 15th century sketch of a "helical air screw," drawn nearly 400 years before the first helicopter was built.
A…
The identity of the woman who sat for Leonardo da Vinci’s 'Mona Lisa' may be revealed soon thanks to DNA testing.
The family tomb of Lisa Gherardini d…
A video of an Italian priest who celebrated a wedding by singing and dancing that was uploaded to YouTube has become a big hit in Italy.
The video sho…
Italy’s newest science museum, the Museo delle Scienze (MUSE), was inaugurated on 27 July.
Located in Trento in the Dolomites, the museum is designed…
Turin’s Piazza San Carlo has become Italy’s first smart technology city square.
Newspaper ‘Corriere della Sera’ reports that the local council has ins…
Dutch firm Qucina is selling what it bills as “the world’s cheesiest lamp” in the shape of a Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese wheel.
The lamp’s creators ar…
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Gambero Rosso has published ‘Pizzerie d’Italia’, the first ever guide to Italy pizzerias.
Revered as the publisher of the Italian…
Premier and leader of the centre-right Popolo della Libertà (People of Freedom, PdL) political party, Silvio Berlusconi, has been found guilty of tax…