Pretty Good Year - The Kaiser Chiefs in Rome

The Kaiser Chiefs have had a success packed year. Their debut album Employment has sold by the bucketload, they've become one of the most sought after live bands in the UK, and performed in Philadelphia for Live 8. Keyboardist Nick 'Peanut' Baines met up with Three Monkeys Online in Rome to e

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Who Killed Roberto Calvi

One of the most mysterious murders of Italy's murky Cold War history was that of Roberto Calvi, the head of the Banco Ambrosiano, and the man dubbed 'God's Banker' because of his business relationship with the Vatican. A Rome jury has recently acquitted five men charged with his murder. Journalist

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Defending History - Deborah E. Lipstadt and Holocaust Denial

Professor Deborah E. Lipstadt became a household name when David Irving sued her for libel. The trial, Irving vs Lipstadt, in a sense, put the Holocaust on trial. Irving lost his case, with the court accepting that he had "persistently and deliberately misrepresented and manipulated historical evide

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The New Turkey -Reflections from Istanbul.

Much disccusion on Turkey's accession to the EU comes from Europe looking outwards. Chris Morris, though, lived and worked in Turkey for four years as a BBC correspondent. Three Monkeys Online discusses reform, accession, freedom of speech, and political Islam with Morris, author of The New Turke