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There was clearly no crime, but there was punishment. It would be comical were it not so frightening. Photo: Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky – Heritage Images / Contributor 08 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Ukraine: Italian university backtracks after cancelling Dostoevsky course 02 March 2022 | Wanted in Milan First opera,…
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Photo: Morandi’s home on the island of Budelli, where he has been the sole inhabitant for 30 years. PHOTO COURTESY MAURO MORANDI Mauro Morandi had been the sole resident of Budelli, Italy, for decades. ‘I became so used to the silence. Now it’s continuous noise.’ 03 August 2021 | Angela Giuffrida | The Guardian Every morning,…
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Photo: A picture of Lucia Mantione by her tombstone in Montedoro’s cemetery. Photograph: Lorenzo Tondo/The Guardian The Catholic church had denied 13-year-old girl sexually assaulted and killed in 1955 a funeral due to arcane rule whereby priests could forbid funerals in cases of violent death. 29 July 2021 | Lorenzo Tondo | The Guardian There had…
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Photo: Boating instructor Marta Canino steers her way through the canals of Venice with her student Sara. Photo: Giacomo Sini Boating has been a pastime for men for hundreds of years in Venice. But during the pandemic, the lagoon surrounding the city has grown quiet. Many women who might have been discouraged in the past…
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04 May 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Photos by James Porteous
13 April 2021 | Rebecca Ann Hughes | Apollo (original link) Header Photo: In hibernation: covered gondolas line the shore in Venice in December 2020. Photo: Laurel Chor/Getty Images At the water’s edge in front of St Mark’s Square, rows of sleek black gondolas rock forlornly in the waves, their blue covers untouched for months. A…
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