The Italian word “bocciolo” means bud, but also suggests youth and potential, linking botanical language with poetic ...

Whether they bring back cherished memories of travelling in Italy or got you through dinners with Italian in-laws, a whole bunch of our readers can think of a whole bunch of words that for them, ...

Bier, birra, tom-ay-to, tom-ah-to. Photo: Roman Kraft/Unsplash Italian is widely known to be tied to its Latin roots - closer than any other language, in fact. So it might come as a surprise to know ...

I’m Italian. I’m one of those obnoxious Italians that has also made it one of the founding components of my personality. Most of the excuses I make for my behaviour are simply ‘because I’m Italian’.

Italy is indisputably a land of beautiful things: beautiful landscapes, cities, cuisine, fashion and people. It’s also home to a beautiful language -- a language after our own heart that celebrates ...