Archive for May, 2009
Michelangelo crucifix has experts cross
Posted in Culture25th May, 2009
It’s nowhere near as well-known as the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of Rome’s Sistine Chapel or the statue of David in the Accademia Gallery in Florence. But a miniature depiction of Christ is, for the time being at least, Michelangelo’s most...
Italy to house G8 leaders in cop barracks
Posted in Abruzzo andNews from Italy21st May, 2009
Leaders of the world's 20 richest nations may have thought they had it tough when they had to turn up for April's G20 summit at London's ExCeL centre, swamped by a bleak grey sea of concrete in a desolate, windswept corner of the capital's Docklands ...