# Beppe Severgnini

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Authors Who Shaped How I Look at Italy

In this episode of The Italophilia Podcast, I reflect on the authors who shaped how I see Italy - from Tim Parks’ realism to Beppe Severgnini’s wit and Elena Ferrante’s emotional intensity. A quiet conversation about how literature deepens our relationship with a place beyond travel. Books mentione…

Italy:

Misha Glenny presents a compelling new history of Italy from 1494 to the end of the First World War. In October 1860, on a misty road north of Naples, Giuseppe Garibaldi met the future king of Italy and handed over control of the south. This brief moment in the story of the new Italian state has be…

Italy:

Misha Glenny presents a compelling new history of Italy from 1494 to the end of the First World War. Piedmont, the Venetian Republic, Mantua, Modena, the Grand Duchy of Florence, the kingdom of Naples, the Papal States - the arrival of Italy as a unified state is a surprisingly recent affair. "We a…

Keir Starmer "reflecting on political reality"

We get the latest on the Prime Minister's future from Henry Zeffman - as Business Secretary Peter Kyle tells the BBC that Keir Starmer is "reflecting on political reality". Dame Mary Beard draws parallels between the politicians of today and those of the classical world, and we get advice on polit…

1189: **Beppe Severgnini**, author of *Italian Lessons: 50 Things We Know About Life Now*, reflects on **Italy**'s experience as the first W

Beppe Severgnini, author of Italian Lessons: 50 Things We Know About Life Now, reflects on Italy's experience as the first Western nation struck by the COVID-19 pandemic. Centered in his hometown of Crema, the narrative begins with a symbolic 13th-century crucifix in the local cathedral, a historic…