My latest article, on Substack:
Memento mori, Silicon Valley
Bryan Johnson, the billionaires chasing immortality, and the maturity to accept a limit
On scritti.melazzini.com you will find all my writing: the new pieces as well as the archive of my articles from La Stampa, the Domenicale of Il Sole 24 Ore, L’Espresso, the Süddeutsche Zeitung and other publications. Most articles are written in Italian; Substack translates them into English at the click of a button.
My latest pieces
Montanelli, non soltanto un giornalista
Fucecchio, 22 April 1909 – Milan, 22 July 2001
Fiorirà il Bitcoin
Declared dead nearly 500 times, now halved: why I still believe in mathematical money
Arma di distrazione di massa
TikTok, my daughter and the antibodies we still lack
From the archive
La Stampa | Le donne bambine del «vecchio Fontane» (2004)
Fontane and his child-women
La Stampa | Thomas Mann. Il genio in posa (2004)
The genius strikes a pose
La Stampa | Quando Simenon incontrò Hitler (2005)
When Simenon met Hitler
Notiziario BPS | Joachim Fest. Il pessimismo della ragione (2005)
An interview with Joachim Fest
Nuova Antologia | I confini di Claudio Magris (2007)
An essay on Claudio Magris
Il Sole 24 Ore | Una capri alla tedesca (2008)
Sylt, a German Capri
Il Sole 24 Ore | Così mi guarì il dottor Freud (2009)
How Doctor Freud cured me
Il Sole 24 Ore | Auschwitz in posa per morire (2009)
Wilhelm Brasse, the photographer of Auschwitz
Il Sole 24 Ore | Scuola guida (di panzer) (2009)
Tank driving school in Brandenburg
Süddeutsche Zeitung | Einmal in den Odenwald (2010)
A trip to the Odenwald (in German)
IL | Un popolo, un giornale (2011)
An interview with Kai Diekmann, editor of Bild
ADESSO | Was ist Italienisch? (2017)
What is Italian? An interview with Cardinal Ravasi
Notiziario BPS | Intervista con Imre Kertész (2023)
An interview with Imre Kertész