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A Guest at the Feast by Colm Tóibín review – words never fail him

The clarity of the novelist’s descriptive ability shines through essays on topics ranging from his treatment for cancer to the joys of an empty Venice

The Guardian - UK

Brits warned to avoid hotspots with overtourism - such as Cornwall and Venice

Cornwall, Paris, Venice, Barcelona and Dubrovnik have been highlighted as places that tourist may want to avoid in 2023 due to overcrowding and climate change concerns

Daily Mirror

British Airways slashes fares to US hotspots including New York, Orlando and LA

British Airways is selling reduced fares and package holiday deals to destinations including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Venice, Prague, Dublin and Nice, as well as Los Angeles and Washington

Daily Mirror

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From product developer to painter

Thai artist Aimi Kaiya felt discouraged after she saw artwork by other international artists at Chianciano Biennale 2022 in Italy. Aimi felt the works were creative and of excellent quality. Therefore, she did not expect to win any prize at the Chianciano Biennale Award. Surprisingly, Aimi was the only Thai…

Bangkok Post

easyJet Black Friday deals include £200 off holidays and cheap flights from £24

EasyJet has launched its Black Friday deals, which include cheap holidays to Tenerife, Tunisia, Majorca and Rhodes, as well as cheap flights to Berlin and Venice

Daily Mirror

Bride seen sprinting through Paris airport in enormous wedding dress

Delighted couple couldn’t wait to start their honeymoon

The Independent UK

Venice kept dry as dam system wards off exceptional high tide

A dam system built to protect Venice and its famous Piazza San Marco from flooding withstood the challenge of an exceptionally high tide on Tuesday as heavy rains swept across Italy.

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I’ve taken 263 photos since arriving in Venice, my husband has taken five – it would be nice to have a few more of me

Men don’t take pictures like women do. But memory is an unreliable thing and I want to mark our past selves, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: Tine Thing Helseth’s Seraph; Lost in Venice with Infermi d’Amore

From Satie to MacMillan, the trumpeter embraces past and present with panache, while Infermi d’Amore transport us to Vivaldi’s Venice

The Guardian - UK

Visitors to Italy warned as entry fee to be launched at tourist hotspot

Some travellers will have to pay to stay in Venice and its surrounding islands next year.

Daily Record

Foreign Office warns people travelling to popular Italy hotspot of extra charge

The city sees millions of visitors every year who could be impacted

Manchester Evening News

‘I lie in the bath, imagining that I am wandering the Rialto in Venice’: my obsession with Duolingo

First it was Italian, then I added French, Portuguese and even Latin. But does the language learning app, which has almost 15 million people using it, really work?

The Guardian - UK

Director Luca Guadagnino: ‘I was one of those isolated guys who found solace in horror’

The Call Me By Your Name director on his new film about teenage cannibals falling in love, the view that it’s his most personal work, and why Italy is a very scary farce

The Guardian - UK

Bustling Venice delays charging tourists for daily visits

Venice is delaying plans to introduce an entry fee for visitors because the city council has not yet fully approved the new admissions process, a spokesman for Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said on Friday.

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The Conversation

A dystopian Australia, stomach-churning physical humour, and several films with donkeys: the best films of the 2022 Adelaide Film Festival

The Adelaide Film Festival is well timed in the festival calendar, as it lands between many films premiering at the Venice Film Festival and their Australian theatrical release.

Daily Record

Scots city named one of the most cultured in Europe - beating Paris, Florence and London

Edinburgh finished second only behind Venice in Italy in the top 10.

The Independent UK

Florence Pugh pokes fun at Don’t Worry Darling drama by sharing friend’s Halloween costume

Pugh’s friend recreated an outfit worn by Pugh while in Venice for the ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ press tour.

Bangkok Post

Swatch marks Venice Biennale with a Thai collab

Navin Rawanchaikul reunites with the Swiss watchmaker to create an artistic timepiece, celebrating the 59th edition of La Biennale Arte in Venice, Italy.

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Evening Standard

Traumatised travellers stuck at Gatwick for hours after flight cancelled

Dozens of holidaymakers were left stranded for hours – stuck on a plane and then inside a departure lounge at Gatwick Airport – after an EasyJet flight to Venice failed to take off.

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: Do video cameras make you feel safe, or just show you how dangerous your neighborhood is?

The young woman was unconscious, near death, outside the bathrooms south of the Venice Pier. Her jaw was broken, and she was naked from the waist down. Abrasions on her heels indicated she'd been dragged across the parking lot, likely after being sexually assaulted.

Irish Mirror

Inside Brendan Gleeson's private life as The Banshees of Inisherin hit cinemas - surprising past career, wife, famous sons and net worth

Filmed in the late summer of 2021 on Achill in Co Mayo and Inis Mór in County Galway, the movie has already received a 15-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival and has been credited as one of Brendan's greatest performances

The Guardian - UK

I’m not stoned, I’m just writing an opera! Colm Tóibín on how he got diva fever

From schoolboy trips to booze-ups with New York garbage men, the novelist recalls how he fell for the fabulous world of opera – and managed to break in, with a staging of his book about Henry James

Radio France Internationale

Afghani human rights and women's advocate awarded 2022 Aurora Prize

The bells of the church of the small island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni in the Venice lagoon rang out to announce that a new Aurora prize laureate had been awarded the one million dollars to continue the work she has been involved in for the past quarter of a…

Belfast Live

'A Haunting In Venice': 'Belfast' cast members to reunite for new Kenneth Branagh movie

Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill are set to star in A Haunting In Venice

The Independent UK

Brendan Fraser in tears as The Whale receives second standing ovation

‘Am I at Venice? 5 min standing ovation for Brendan Fraser’s masterpiece performance,’ audience member tweeted

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