https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Dario Fo was one of the leading figures in modern farce and political theatre, whose brilliant satire earned him both a rebuke from the Vatican and the literary world's highest honour. https://www.thelocal.it/20161013/obituary-dario-fo-master-of-satire-an-political-farce Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:47:21 +0200 obituary-dario-fo-master-of-satire-an-political-farce Italian playwright and actor Dario Fo, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1997, has died at the age of 90, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161013/nobel-prize-winning-playwright-political-activist-author-dario-fo-dies-at-90 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:24:41 +0200 nobel-prize-winning-playwright-political-activist-author-dario-fo-dies-at-90 Shakespeare was fascinated by Italy - but how did he come to know so much about it? And was he actually an Italian? https://www.thelocal.it/20160422/shakespeare-and-italy-italian-bard-400-anniversary-death-verona-venice-rome-caesar-romeo-juliet-padua-mantua-taming-shrew-gentlemen-merchant-venice Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:48:12 +0200 shakespeare-and-italy-italian-bard-400-anniversary-death-verona-venice-rome-caesar-romeo-juliet-padua-mantua-taming-shrew-gentlemen-merchant-venice It's a tale to make any self-respecting pothead weep. https://www.thelocal.it/20141128/hashish-stash-sinks-after-high-sea-drama-for-eu-patrol Fri, 28 Nov 2014 18:56:00 +0100 hashish-stash-sinks-after-high-sea-drama-for-eu-patrol