Nicholas Farrell
Nicholas Farrell, a graduate of Cambridge University, lives in Italy where he is a columnist for Libero and La Voce di Romagna. He was a staff reporter on the Sunday Telegraph in London before moving to Paris in 1997 to write a book on the death of Princess Diana and to Italy in 1998 to write a biography of Benito Mussolini and has contributed often to the British Spectator. He is working on a new book, Comrade Mussolini, about the revolutionary Socialist who founded Fascism because the First World War made him see that people are more loyal to country than class.
Crime and Punishment
Outsourcing TortureFebruary 20, 2013 Last week, Italy became the first nation to condemn and sentence to prison two |
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Praying for a Black PopeFebruary 15, 2013 Let us pray that the next pope is a black man. Better still, let it be a black |
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Il Ritorno del Magnifico?February 04, 2013 I never used to believe in miracles before I came to live in Italy, but last |
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Women, Work, and FreedomJanuary 20, 2013 Willingly or not, women play a starring role in the death of the West. Women |
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Becoming a Fiscal GhostDecember 27, 2012 I admire the great French actor Gérard Depardieu. Not only does he annoy the |
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Losing My Dream House to the ApocalypseDecember 16, 2012 If it were not for the Apocalypse which is due any day now I would be the owner |
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Criminal Libel in the Spaghetti RepublicDecember 05, 2012 Ah, Italia! Such a great place to get your head around great art and great |
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Two Sweeps Over the LimitNovember 28, 2012 About a year ago an Italian judge ordered me, as a condemned criminal, to |
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When Italians Weren’t CowardsNovember 18, 2012 The Remembrance Day commemorations in honor of the war dead always prompt even |
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Italy’s Rotten JudgesOctober 28, 2012 Day after day, Italian newspapers pullulate with deeply disturbing examples of |
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The Sinking of Captain CowardOctober 21, 2012 Francesco Schettino, the 52-year-old captain of the cruise liner Costa |
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Hobsbawm’s ChoiceOctober 14, 2012 They played “The Internationale” at Wednesday’s funeral of Eric Hobsbawm, |
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Toga! Toga! Toga!September 30, 2012 In Italy—which is the next eurozone domino to fall after Spain, Greece, and |
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What’s Wrong About RightsSeptember 23, 2012 One of the reasons the West is in such deep trouble is that it has allowed |
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Every Woman Adores a FascistSeptember 16, 2012 In continental Europe, S&M seems to be a northern Teutonic phenomenon rather |
History
Is Fascism Innately Anti-Semitic?September 02, 2012 Fascism is presumed to be intrinsically and violently anti-Semitic, and the |
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Which Way, George Orwell?August 26, 2012 The BBC has just rejected a proposal to erect a statue in honor of George |
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Haunted by DemonsAugust 19, 2012 In Britain, there are ghosts everywhere. Here in Italy, there are none. Our |
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Italy’s Solar Panel Gold RushAugust 12, 2012 Everywhere I drive in the Italian countryside I come across fields that are now |
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My Name Is Nicholas and I Am an AlcoholicAugust 05, 2012 I am an alcoholic, or what is called an alcoholic, and I still am an alcoholic, |
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Dark Clouds Over SicilyJuly 22, 2012 Journalists call August the “silly season” because according to legend |
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The Naked Tyrants of Dante’s BeachJuly 15, 2012 My wife has a little house in Lido di Dante, a beautiful beach just south of |
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The Holy Roman Church of FootballJuly 08, 2012 Yet again, a Catholic country has won a major international soccer tournament. |
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Carlo Marx Meets Mario Tse TungJuly 04, 2012 Italian communists always wanted a revolution in Italy, but I do not think that |
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Football Trumps the EuroJune 24, 2012 This evening in the European soccer championships’ quarterfinals, the country |
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The Rebel Cow of PredappioJune 17, 2012 I was wading through the daily mire of newspaper headlines the other day about |