Katy Spurrell
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Expat in Rome Profile
When Italians speak of any destination – be it a city, a village, a beach – the inevitable question “Si mangia bene li’?” (does…
Expat in Rome Profile
What is it about this city? What is that intangible euphoria you’re feeling when you step outside? Do you find yourself writing emails to…
Once upon a time I came on holiday to Italy and fell, like you, madly in love with everything. I thought to myself, this…
The involuntary compulsion to romanticise all things Italian, with repeated failure to acknowledge genuinely crappy situations. I am a travel literature glutton. I read…
Expat in Rome Profile
With the temperature so high in the city, you might be making plans to head south to the Amalfi Coast. It’s only a 2-hour…
If you’re wondering whether you can make it as an expat in Rome, look no further than Green’s award-winning When In Rome: Chasing la…
… It’s 10.30pm and you’re still deciding where to go for dinner. … It’s May but you’re still wearing stockings and closed shoes and…
The other night I was invited to a friend’s house for an impromptu dinner. I arrived at his palazzo around 11pm and even waiting…
I’m writing this from a villa in Tuscany, lying beside a swimming pool, still drenched in sunshine at seven in the evening. And as…
“Where does this myth come from?!” she shrieks, wheeling her bicycle down the cobblestone lane as I walk beside her. “Latin lovers indeed! Ugh!…
If you’ve read my column before, you’re no doubt accustomed to me gushing about Rome. I’m not just filling the page with what I…