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Italian prime minister upset after being excluded for a second time from EU top jobs decision

The rightwing premier’s sudden separation from her partner has won unexpected praise from feminist commentators

The designer who created ‘sartorial androgyny’ is launching a first gender-neutral collection. What took him so long?

The first former communist to serve as head of state, he played an indispensable role in overcoming the 2011 eurozone crisis

Restoration of the biblical frescoes in the Scrovegni chapel reveals the Italian painter to be not just the maestro of human gesture and form but a brilliant botanical artist as well

The composer conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a revised version played with pizzazz

Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss on their film about a Missouri summer camp where teenagers simulate running for office

She has shown extraordinary strength as a court hears how she was drugged by her husband and raped by strangers

She was known for her gentle skewering of world leaders, and her commitment to free expression in her beloved Lebanon

Her colourful books and intrepid reporting sidestepped stereotypes of India in favour of a more nuanced portrait