Borges, a spy story about the warrior of books

After 700 years, the 6th-century manuscripts – now held in Cividale, Venice and Prague – have been brought together. The exhibition in Aquileia explores the theme of the saint’s presence in Friuli

Nelio Biedermann and the luxury of not being a contemporary

Themes such as violence, the will to power and trauma, but also friendship and solidarity, recur constantly in this 30th edition of Festivaletteratura, which holds up a mirror to a world in the depths of crisis

Mantua Literature Festival. ‘We will never be free if we seek to dominate’

Sylvain Tesson, traveller and poet of boundless spaces, sets sail with two companions along the blue arc stretching from Galicia to the Shetland Islands, in search of magic in the rustling of the wind and the sun’s reflection on the water

Fairies do exist, and you can see them whilst browsing

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Borges, a spy story about the warrior of books

The Gospel of Mark, Reconstructed

Nelio Biedermann and the luxury of not being a contemporary

Mantua Literature Festival. ‘We will never be free if we seek to dominate’

1976: when the Davis Cup made history

Fairies do exist, and you can see them whilst browsing