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The 700th anniversary of the Italian poet’s death is marked by a new translation and two studies exploring his enduring influence
A trekking concert combining music, poetry and nature pays tribute to the Italian poet on the 700th anniversary of his death
An account of the Italian poet’s guide to the meaning of life underscores its relevance today
The extra sparkle of Hollywood stardust from Woody Allen and Plácido Domingo befits a production from LA Opera
In a festival that needed something explosive, the bomb was set off by an award rather than by a movie
Debut comes amid push by reformist government to get more companies to float
It is that forging and tempering that makes the poet’s utterances strong and flexible
Six darkly comic stories from Argentina in which life bashes people and they want to bash back or bash first
The Aeolian Islands provide a suitably sulphuric backdrop for a literary break that combines studies of Dante’s ‘Inferno’ with spa sessions
The mockumentary ‘W1A’ is as much about us as about the BBC, writes Henry Mance
A new take on a 700-year-old epic is short on precision
Boredom can transform itself into a gateway from one kind of being to another
Magnificent musical performances and a visually seductive production cannot disguise Tan Dun’s opera’s flaws
Dan Brown’s new blockbuster is a confusing affair. AN Wilson reviews ‘Inferno
Former Economist editor Bill Emmott sets setting out to diagnose Italy’s many ills in Michael Moore fashion
The journalist on his documentary film about Italy, the country’s youngest wannabe prime minister, and the connection between Silvio Berlusconi and Jimmy Savile
Robert Hughes, 1938-2012, Critic and historian
There’s strikingly strong theatre in this production of Auber’s rarely performed opera
An epic inquiry into the human desire to defy death – and how to overcome it
A usury law could drive the vulnerable into the arms of loan sharks
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