The Italian Library #18. Quel che piace a me: Francesca Alinovi
Tuesday, November 18, 6:30 PM The Italian Library #18 Quel che piace a me: Francesca Alinovi Ornella Tarantola in conversation with Giulia Cavaliere and Olga Campofreda Giulia Cavaliere, in conversation with Olga Campofreda, tells us about her encounter with Francesca Alinovi, whose name has unfortunately been handed down to history mainly through her murder and […]
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2025 Leconfield Lecture. Italy: a Lifelong Affair, with Tom Parker Bowles
Monday 17 November, 7pm ICI London hosts The 2025 Leconfield Lecture. Italy: A Lifelong Affair, a conversation with Tom Parker Bowles ICI London hosts the Leconfield Lecture, organised by the British Italian Society. The Leconfield Lecture is named after the first Chairman of the British-Italian Society, Hugh Wyndham, who was Chairman for 12 years in […]
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New Italian Stories: Palazzina Laf by Michele Riondino
Thursday 13 November, 6.30pm New Italian Stories: Palazzina Laf by Michele Riondino Part of the film screening series: New Italian Stories, a project that showcases contemporary cinematic gems from Italy. The series aims to spotlight remarkable, and often overlooked, films that reflect the richness and evolution of Italian cinema. Director: Michele Riondino Writers: Maurizio Braucci […]
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Run Beyond by Angelo Bonello at Lumiere Festival
13-15 November ICI London supports Run Beyond by Angelo Bonello at Lumiere Festival in Durham (Milburngate Riverside) A large-scale light sculpture composed of a sequence of illuminated silhouettes animated through controlled LED lighting to simulate perpetual motion. Jump for freedom. What is the world record long jump? Run Beyond, created by Angelo Bonello, provokes that question, because […]
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Fashion Dialogues. The Beauty Series #3: Skin
Wednesday 12 November, 7.15pm Fashion Dialogues. The Beauty Series 3: Skin Matteo Augello in conversation with Dr Nefer Fallico The next guest of the FASHION DIALOGUES season on Beauty is Dr Nefer Fallico, a plastic surgeon specialising in cleft lip and palate, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery. In conversation with Matteo Augello, she will discuss the […]
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The Night Trembles by Nadia Terranova
Tuesday 11 November, 6.30pm The Night Trembles by Nadia Terranova The author in conversation with Lucy Jones Moderated by Rosie Goldsmith Two stories converge in the aftermath of the devastating 1908 earthquake in Sicily and Calabria: a young woman sees a chance to avoid her impending arranged marriage and a boy manages to escape from […]
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The Italian Library #17: The verses of the margins. Literature and the liberation from madness
Monday 10 November, 6.30pm The Italian Library #17 The Song of the Margins. Literature and the Liberation of Madness. Ornella Tarantola in conversation with Beatrice Sica and Carmine M. Pariante An event dedicated to literature that has given voice to madness—not to confine it, but to understand it and liberate it. Through poetry and narrative, […]
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Majonezë by Giulia Grandinetti
Friday 7 November, 6.30pm Screening of the short film Majonezë written and directed by Giulia Grandinetti Elyria is 16 years old and lives in the small Albanian village of Ersekë with her family. A traditional family of farmers that has never crossed the city borders and where the father’s word is the law. Elyria is […]
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Ars Nova Napoli
Wednesday 5 November, 6.30pm Ars Nova Napoli Concert One of the most well-known and beloved bands in the Neapolitan Nu Folk scene. Ars Nova Napoli offers a reinterpretation of traditional songs from Southern Italy, in addition to original compositions. Using their own taste beyond stylistic conventions, they are able to combine a plethora of the […]
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Publishers Panel: Italy and Beyond
ICI London supports Publishers Panel: Italy and Beyond Wednesday 5 November, 1-2pm, ONLINE Ruth Clarke (Chair) with Kate Harvey (Akoya) and Richard Village (Foundry Editions) What are publishers looking for when they acquire books in translation? How do Italian titles make their way into the Anglophone market—and what lies beyond Italy’s literary borders? In this […]
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