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Jan 5, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Tobias Jones
Popes used to control vast areas of Italy – the so-called “papal states”. But when the unification of Italy was finally completed after the capture of Rome in 1870, only about 120 acres of central Rome were left in papal possession. Popes railed against the Italian state until the Lateran Pacts were signed with Benito Mussolini in 1929, when each side recognised the other and the theocratic Vatican City was created. With a population of 764, it’s the smallest sovereign state in the world.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
unherd.com | Tobias Jones
EuropeItalyMemorialPoliticsremembrance Many countries fall silent to honour their war dead at the start of November, but the rituals of remembrance are very different here in Italy. Nothing seems settled. There’s no single event or occasion, only rival dates, ceremonies and stories. Last year in Parma, the city where I live, the local council even removed a plaque to the fallen in the Second World War — because they were from the “wrong” side.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Tobias Jones
20 hours agoThe Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view of what the Church should be. The new movie “Conclave,” faithfully adapted from Robert Harris’s 2016 novel, tells the story of a vexed papal election by depicting the Vatican …
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Tobias Jones
‘It was a terrible sensation when I heard the sentence: life.” It was 11 March 2016 and Daniela Poggiali had just been confirmed as Italy’s “angel of death”. Less than 18 months after she had , in October 2014, the nurse was now the country’s most infamous killer, convicted of killing one elderly patientand suspected of dozens of other murders.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
unherd.com | Tobias Jones
EuropeGiorgia MeloniItalyMafiaMatteo SalviniSociety Il est question de construire un pont pour relier la Sicile au continent italien depuis si longtemps que le projet est devenu synonyme de rêve irréalisable et source de satire infinie.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
unherd.com | Tobias Jones
EuropeGiorgia MeloniItalyMafiaMatteo SalviniSociety There has been talk of building a bridge to link Sicily to the Italian mainland for so many decades that the project has become a synonym for a pipe dream and a source of infinite satire. “There will be a bridge over the straits,” says one character dreamily in the comedy series Boris.
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
msn.com | Tobias Jones
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Tobias Jones
The killing of a Bulgarian dissident, Georgi Markov, on Waterloo Bridge in September 1978 is a case to clinch the truism that real life is better scripted than fiction. As Markov was crossing the Thames, heading back to BBC headquarters, he bumped into a man with an umbrella and felt a sharp pain in his leg. The man apologised, got in a taxi and disappeared. Four days later, Markov was dead. Doctors discovered a pinprick irritation on his right thigh.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
rp.pl | Tobias Jones
Oglądając mistrzostwa świata [w 1990 roku] – pisał Grit we wspomnieniach zatytułowanych »Anni Buttati« (Zmarnowane lata) – zrozumiałem, że futbol się zmienia, że staje się narzędziem autopromocji”. Grit jest grafikiem, więc łatwo przychodziło mu projektowanie efektownych opraw. Irriducibili byli widoczni nawet wówczas, gdy brakowało ich na trybunach.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
msn.com | Tobias Jones
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