FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Ferrara - The Untold Story

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for torta tenerina, or rich chocolate cake

This soft-but-dense, velvety cake is at its prime still warm from the oven, but gets gloriously fudgy after a night in the fridge

The Guardian - UK · 15h ago

‘He liked that people were scared of him’: my year unpicking fantasy and reality with a veteran of Italy’s football ultras

I’ve met many hardcore, violent fans, but the hostage-negotiating, cocaine-smuggling, Marxist-Leninist Alessandro Casolari still stood out

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16

New edition of Ferrara bible shows how persecuted Jews kept faith alive in Spanish

Exiled Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had fled to Italy translated Hebrew bible into their common language

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24

Springsteen draws criticism for not cancelling Italy gig after deadly floods

U.S. rock legend Bruce Springsteen came under criticism in Italy for going ahead with a concert in Ferrara on Thursday evening after the northern Emilia-Romagna region was battered by floods that left at least nine people dead.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Bruce Springsteen condemned over ‘scandalous’ failure to cancel Italy show despite deadly floods

The American singer is due to take the stage in Ferrara on Thursday (18 May)

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023

A little candy might help

Take a break from all the bad news with a visit to a candy factory, the Ferrara plant in Itasca.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 10, 2022