Francesco da Mosto's lastest offering is a two-part exploration of some of the Italian cities that fired Shakespeare's imagination. Incorporating several of Italy's most dazzling cities, such as ...

Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe was a four-part BBC television series hosted by Francesco da Mosto and originally shown on BBC2 from 18 June to 2 July 2006. In the series, da Mosto drives his Alfa Romeo ...

Francesco da Mosto: 'God-given, below-the-belt hotness' It was Shakespeare, rather than generations of gondoliers, who first established Italy as the land of love Indeed, you have to wonder if it’s ...

Four-part BBC series following Francesco da Mosto as he explores the history of Venice, beginning with its creation in the 5th century and concluding in the modern era. Each episode focuses upon a ...

Shakespeare may not have known it, but Othello, the ""Moor of Venice,"" may have been a dark-skinned Sicilian named Francesco da Sessa nicknamed ""il capitano Moro"" (the Moorish captain). This is ...