Mussolini came from a modest background in central northern Italy — an actually heavily anarchist left-wing kind of area and his father was a left-wing blacksmith. He himself rose to be one of ...

How do you solve a problem like Predappio? This small town in the hills of northern Italy where Mussolini was born in 1883 remains something of an enigma. The previous mayor called it the ...

Production of the series has been a major talking point in Italy given its fascist background. Several of Mussolini's heirs ...

Showcasing fascist dictator Benito Mussolini’s military uniform, his beloved motorbike, an iron cradle and a spooky bedroom mirror, Villa Carpena is clearly a museum unafraid of the dark side of ...

Ms. Mussolini's pink-friendly U-turn has certain turned heads, but not only for being at odds with her political background: her change of heart contrasts broader trends among conservatives ...

Simply sign up to the Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When Elon Musk performed a straight-arm gesture last month, many quickly interpreted it as the fascist salute first ...

(CNN) — June, 1940. Italy enters World War II, and Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini promptly sets about constructing air raid shelters for himself at Villa Torlonia, his grand Rome residence ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Benito Mussolini is standing on a stage, taking in the cheers of a room full of boisterous men, when he ...

Dozens of Italian fascists gathered Sunday to mark Benito Mussolini’s execution and proudly gave the recently unbanned fascist salute. The notorious gesture, which became associated with the ...