Fast forward a bit, and Darren messaged me on Instagram from Bologna, where he now lives and is considered one of the city’s most sought-after, food-focused tour guides at Taste Bologna.

The Uno Bianca criminal group in the Emilia Romagna region around Bologna and in the Marche killed 24 people and wounded over 100 others between 1987 and 1994. Members of the centre-right ...

Bologna ticks all the boxes for a memorable ... follow the world's longest portico (about three miles) out of the centre via the Porta Saragozza city gate – one of 12 built into the medieval ...