The most versatile painting family in Italian history was the Carracci of 16th century Bologna, two brothers and a cousin who burst on the post-Renaissance scene as tireless and talented jacks-of ...

Oh look, your boyfriend, who you date and make love to by candlelight and LARP with every weekend upstate, made you a bologna sandwich: “I’m sorry, dear, but I’ve held my tongue long enough ...

This same vibrant era was also home to Bologna's uniquely regulated sex work industry. So what was life like for the sex workers of Renaissance Italy?

It's 11 p.m., and in the palatial central train station in Bologna, Italy, one platform is becoming a gathering point for bleary-eyed passengers, neck pillows and luggage in tow.