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This Thursday's newsletter ft. a homage to Franco Battiato (RIP), a Yorkshire borgho and fried spring flowers theweekinitaly.substack.com/p/rip-maestro

The strength of the writing here is matched by Diana Henry’s enormous generosity of spirit and courage that prevails during many terrifying months. The voice can only be hers - there is even a dash of dark humour. An intensely brilliant must-read. telegraph.co.uk/women/life/dia…

A slight deviation in the newsletter format this week - for various reasons. Thanks to the kind folk Krytyka Polityczna 💙💛 for allowing me to publish this Q&A on Georgia Meloni, and those Fratelli d'Italia polls... theweekinitaly.substack.com/p/a-right-wing…

White supremacists fetishise ancient Rome – but antiquity was more diverse and polychromatic than racists will admit aeon.co/essays/colonia… Jamie Mackay

I wrote this for Aeon Magazine about antiquity, white supremacism, classical statues, and the diverse, polychromatic world of ancient Rome aeon.co/essays/colonia…

Che ansia 😶 #ItaliaAustria

Do not miss Jamie Mackay 's essay on how white supremacists enlist classical Rome in support of their cause aeon.co/essays/colonia…

In totally unrelated news, Iain Duncan Donuts has called on the government to stop publishing the figures.

This week's newsletter is online: with updates on Florentine (anti)movida; fireflies and a new, sweet, book by Letitia Ann Clark. Read & subscribe here theweekinitaly.substack.com/p/the-right-to…

It was tough narrowing this down, but I'm fairly pleased with the mix here: ten recommendations for Sicily-related books (that don't focus on the mafia) theguardian.com/books/2021/jul…

'A wild and breezy ride through one of the most unique and alluring places in the world.' Alex Sakalis reviews The Invention of Sicily by Jamie Mackay (Jamie Mackay) for openDemocracy

Honoured to see The Invention of Sicily in such esteemed company here in the The New Yorker "A spirit of borderland independence" a neat way of summarising one of the most important messages in the book too newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…

"Like an anamorphic painting, the island seems to change form depending on which way you look at it." I had the pleasure of reviewing The Invention of Sicily by Jamie Mackay, a deepdive into one of the most fascinating and bewildering places on earth opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-…

"The island’s meanings are multiple and elusive. Mackay revels in the ancient stories attached to the landscape" The Invention of Sicily by Jamie Mackay in The TLS the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-i…

This week's newsletter: with some reflections on Roberto Calasso's life and work, the Agamben mess and that Gucci trailer. theweekinitaly.substack.com/p/a-universal-…

Participatory Democracy is Coming to Town! 🎊 Check out the latest "Ideas of Europe" by School of Transnational Governance Prof Kalypso Nicolaidis and Jamie Mackay on the 200 🇪🇺 citizens coming to #Florence to discuss the future of Europe! 👉 More in Repubblica Firenze: loom.ly/JbCeklo #EUI4CoFoE #CoFoE

The distribution of the Italian vote credits Filippo Teoldi #ElezioniPolitiche2022 #elezioni2022

A quick reminder, in light of the Musk headlines etc, that I'm not really on twitter much these days. So follow the 'Week in Italy' substack if you want to stay in touch. Free to your inbox, every Thursday (plus paid subscription options). Read you there! theweekinitaly.substack.com