HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 - The Untold Story

UK faces chocolate shortage this Christmas as workers vote to strike

'The spectre of Christmas without this beloved yuletide treat would be devastating', said a representative of the GMB union

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2023

A perfect wine road trip in Italy’s Piedmont region during harvest season

Piedmont, with its world-famous barolo wines and annual Alba white truffle festival, is an unsung autumnal delight. Victoria Grier explores the region’s towns, cuisine and vine-covered landscape

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023

How a rural Alabama school system outdid the country with gains in math

While the rest of the country’s schools were losing ground in math during the COVID pandemic, student performance in a rural Alabama school district was soaring

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for sformato, or Italian vegetable bake

Vegetables, eggs, bechamel and many other good things are baked into this mosaic of a flan, a delicious speciality of Piedmont

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023

Three members of same British family die in car crash on holiday in Italy

Antonino Marsala was known to many in Bedford, Bedfordshire, as an MOT tester and Raffaella, used to work at the Toby Carvery restaurant, before they were killed in Piedmont, Italy

Daily Mirror · Aug 8, 2022

Snowy Alps will be a distant memory unless we act fast

The number of snow days are falling, contributing to droughts such as that in Italy’s Piedmont region

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022

Milan turns off public fountains amid Italy’s worst drought in decades

Some 125 towns in the regions of Piedmont and Lombardy have been asked to ration water

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022

Worst drought in 70 years threatens northern Italy’s food, power

Italy is in the depths of one of its worst droughts, with the country’s largest river, the Po, hitting its lowest level in 70 years, threatening crops and raising the specter of power outages.

Tribune News Service · Jun 18, 2022

More than 100 towns in Italy’s Po valley asked to ration water

Move affecting Piedmont and Lombardy regions comes amid worst drought to affect Italy’s longest river in 70 years

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2022

Women could be paid not to have abortion in northern Italy

Piedmont far-right councillor’s proposal for €4,000 payment sparks condemnation

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2022