http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/donald_sassoon en http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2008/05/italy-berlusconi-anti http://www.newstatesman.com/europe/2008/05/italy-berlusconi-anti Thu, 22 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Donald Sassoon Silvio Berlusconi is back in power. Rome's mayor won on an anti-immigration platform. The right is noisier than ever. But this is not a return to the dark days of Mussolini

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200109240032 http://www.newstatesman.com/200109240032 Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:00:00 GMT Donald Sassoon Corsets, deodorants, cigars, condoms - the Mona Lisa has been used to endorse them all. Donald Sassoon ponders how one of high culture's most consecrated icons became the plaything of the mass market

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