Ardenza review – beguiling cine-essay about the angst of the 90s youth generation
Plan to rename Milan airport after Berlusconi sparks outrage in Italy
March 2024
Bulletproof windows and ‘bunga bunga’: Berlusconi’s palace to be used by world’s press
Italy’s Foreign Press Association – branded ‘communists’ by late politician – moves into Palazzo Grazioli in Rome
December 2023
‘He had a sensitive soul’: inside Silvio Berlusconi’s bizarre art collection
During the final years of his life, the former Italian premier amassed thousands of ‘mostly worthless’ works from late-night shopping channels. Lucas Vianini became their curator
October 2023
Silvio Berlusconi heirs weigh up fate of his mostly worthless art collection
Italian former PM estimated to have spent €20m on artworks, often buying through TV auctions
September 2023
Giorgio Napolitano obituary
President of Italy who steered three prime ministers into government, none of whom had led their party to election victory
July 2023
Tony Blair sought to avoid reports of ‘snuggling up’ to Berlusconi, files show
Envoy urged No 10 to exploit opportunities presented by tycoon’s premiership while ‘holding our noses’, archives reveal
Silvio Berlusconi leaves €100m to partner Marta Fascina in his will
Three-time Italian prime minister leaves overall control of family holding company to two eldest children
Silvio Berlusconi’s Italian villa may become museum for his fans
Artworks by Rembrandt and Titian are hung at the house where politician held infamous ‘bunga bunga’ sex parties
‘He was a tremendous man’: will Berlusconi’s party still get the votes without him?
In Milano 2, the swish housing estate that launched a scandal-ridden career, residents are still grateful to the former PM. Whether they will vote for Forza Italia is a different matter
For Tony Blair, Silvio Berlusconi was shrewd, capable and true to his word. For others, not so much
Catherine Bennett
Blair has joined in the praise for Italy’s former prime minister, a man who was as sad as he was repulsive
Time’s up for Trump, Johnson and Berlusconi – but the damage they have caused lives on
Simon Tisdall
Trump, Johnson and Berlusconi are the stars of rightwing populist melodramas. Real people with real-world problems are more deserving of attention
To save their own skins, Trump and Johnson are destroying something precious: our faith in the law
Jonathan Freedland
Both men sing from the Berlusconi songsheet, denouncing charges against them as partisan attacks while we pay the price, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
No more Antonioni: how Berlusconi turned entertainment into politics
The lurid giant of Italian populism’s career grew out of his media empire, which heralded post-ideological society with a consumerist dreamworld
Death of Berlusconi turns spotlight on to fortune he left behind
Billionaire had an estimated wealth of $7.4bn and left no indication of who would take over after his death
