Founded by Lucas Nicholson during the pandemic, Novel Mart crafts tongue-in-cheek clothing dedicated to the food and drink—cocktails, wines, pastas and more—of Florence. This collegiate-style Puttanesca sweatshirt is for all those who enjoy the salty, spicy sauce. Available in size small to 5XL, this jumper comes in classic colors (like black, grey and white) as well as pale pink and baby blue. All are made …
Newcomer Birthh (aka Florence-born Alice Bisi) marks her debut London show with a new song, “Yello / Concrete.” Blending folk, hip-hop, neo-soul and lo-fi, Birthh creates a pretty and distinct soundscape. The song ebbs and flows with gentle guitar, keys and laidback percussion, but it’s Bisi’s sweet speak-sing vocals that draw it all together.
Today, the garden of Florence’s Villa di Castello hosts the largest collection of potted citrus plants in the world—near 600 species and varieties, one of which was long thought extinct for more than a century and a half. Citrus Expert Paolo Galeotti saw a sprig of something he thought to be that variety—the three-fruit producing citrus bizzarria. He grafted it onto a plant and brought …
