Because there's more to Venice than peerless artistic riches from centuries past: it's also a hive of contemporary activity. Beyond the alternating Art and ... has lived in Italy for almost ...

By Nick Haramis A DECADE OR so ago, Nicholas Ward-Jackson woke up one morning determined to get out of Venice ... if the history of Italy comes alive in two thick impasto paintings, depicting ...

The image of a beautiful romantic city was shattered on 4 November 1966, when torrential rain devastated the north of Italy and flooded both Venice and Florence on a ... by damage to thousands of ...