As the EU debates a new ‘asylum and immigration pact’, PIETRO BARTOLO – Italian MEP, doctor, and a frontline campaigner for the rights of asylum-seekers – calls on Europe to rediscover its ‘humanity’
On its surface, The Lord of the Rings is often read as a story about an epic battle between good and evil. But in the decades since it was first published, the series has taken many different meanings, including for neo-fascists in Italy who have adopted it as a potent symbol of their beliefs.