From Rome to Madrid
To mark upcoming elections in both Spain and Italy, we present a series of articles comparing life in the two countries and contrasting their recent fortunes in various fields
Life is not so beautiful
Xan Brooks finds a decline in Italian cinema accentuated by
the buoyancy and global reach of Spanish film
Streets ahead
Spain has become a byword for home-grown architects who have transformed cities - yet Italy lags far behind. Is politics to blame, asks Jonathan Glancey
You only win when you're sinning
Sid Lowe finds the Spanish media desperate to put some kind of gloss on the unthinkable - that their rivals across the Med play better football
Trading places
Spain has overtaken Italy in far more than just its gross domestic product, writes John Hooper in Rome
