While Milan may be renowned globally as a mecca for fashion, films and football, you may well want to consider its unique architecture, particularly the superlative Villa Necchi Campiglio, a small trip away from the well-beaten tourist attractions often recommended by the best hotels in Milan. You will find the discreet surroundings of the Villa, [...]

A private art collector evokes a certain freedom unavailable to art galleries. With no need to satisfy institutional mission statements or to collect pieces that meet the criteria of an audience, the collector is free to select works that reflect their own interests, passions and desires.   From 9 November 2012 to 3 March 2013 [...]

July is a wonderful month for music lovers visiting Milan. In many cities across the globe, a traveller with a mind to enjoy an opera or a symphony is lucky to find one distinct programme of musical entertainment – but those arriving in Milan will find two at once.

If you’re visiting Milan in June, there’s one event taking place on the final Sunday of the month that it would be a real shame to miss – the open air antiques market, or Mercatone dell’Antiquario, at Il Naviglio Grande. Packed with antiques all approved by a trading commission, there’s plenty to discover on a [...]

If you’re visiting Milan during July, from the 5th to the 19th, one event you should certainly watch out for is La Milanesiana – although trying to pin it down into a single type of event category to describe is quite difficult! La Milanesiana is a festival celebrating international culture, with meetings, screenings, discussions and [...]

Like many other niche products, professional wrestling has been gaining space in the media in recent years. Although far from the heady days of Hulk Hogan or – later – The Rock and Steve Austin, the now redubbed World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly the World Wrestling Federation) seems to be having a comeback of sorts, with [...]

If you’ve planned a visit to Milan at any point from September last year right through to June 2012, you’ll arrive at a particularly musical time for the city. La Verdi’s Symphonic Season offers a rich programme of classical music during the time period, centred around Milan’s impressive Auditorium. All the classical pieces you’ll recognise [...]

Heavy metal is one of the most widely-followed styles of music, and has slowly but surely permeated certain levels of pop culture and become more visible over the years. Good examples of this are the myriad annual festivals, which give the culture proper gathering spaces in which to mingle and listen to their favourite bands.