Two Days That Shook Rome
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T17:14:08+00:00The soldiers marched through Rome, returning to their barracks. They took the same route every day but 23 March was different.
A Soldier’s Guide to Rome part 2
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T17:36:35+00:00So many suggestions in the guide. Why not begin with dramatic piazzas and fountains?
A Soldier’s Guide to Rome
Anita Morrish2025-12-10T20:14:59+00:00From Sicily to Naples, Anzio and Montecassino. Now the Allies had reached Rome.
The Quiet Rescuers
Anita Morrish2025-12-10T18:43:48+00:00Help can arrive in unexpected ways: here are three stories from Piazza Mattei.
Escape from Regina Coeli
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T17:51:23+00:00Climb from a prison window? Marcella and Alfredo had a better idea.
The Ration Card Conundrum
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T18:03:19+00:00Tens of thousands in hiding, close to starvation and their ration cards cancelled.
A Walk in Rome
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T19:05:02+00:00From the Capitoline Hill to the Aventine Hill takes fewer than thirty minutes on foot and there's so much to see.
Romolo Dorinzi – a fourteen-year-old hero
Anita Morrish2025-12-11T18:25:50+00:00The German troops had arrived, pointing machine guns and manoeuvring a howitzer, as Romolo Dorinizi left home with his mother.
The Two Tenors
Anita Morrish2026-04-04T12:42:35+01:00Two Italian tenors are honoured close to Rome's opera house. They were both talented and often sang the same arias but their stories are contrasting.