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In our second stop of this new series to Italian destinations we visit Turin where our expat guide, Lara Statham, recommends ten ways to enjoy the city for as little as 10 euros. It(aly) makes cents: Turin by Lara Statham Turin sits elegantly astride the River Po with an Alpine backdrop; once home to the …

Earlier this week The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2013 were named by Restaurant magazine. The magazine’s rankings are considered the most coveted in the culinary world. Three Italian Restaurants made the Top 50, whilst France and the U.S.A. were the two countries with the most number of restaurants on the list with six places each …

Tomorrow sees an edition of Thinking Allowed, the radio discussion programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, entitled ‘Italian food market; language of food politics’ They say: “An Italian food market – Rachel Black talks to Laurie Taylor about her ethnographic account of Turin’s Porto Palazzo, one of Europe’s largest outdoor markets. She watched and spoke to …

Alfa Romeo is presenting a new concept model for a sharply styled sports saloon at next month’s Geneva Auto Salon. Named ‘Gloria’, the study is the work of the European Design Institute (IED) of Turin in collaboration with the Alfa Romeo Style Centre. “We asked the students in the Master programme to give us their …

‘Italy Unpacked’ ~ last episode of this new series on BBC2 this Friday: The TV guide says: “Land of Many Treasures Andrew Graham-Dixon and Giorgio Locatelli conclude their tour in Piedmont, where they visit an abbey on an ancient pilgrimage route linking Canterbury and Rome. They get the chance to go truffle hunting with a …