Spirit of hate must be countered before more vital services are forced to close

THE room is a large lecture theatre.

Outside it’s 36 degrees in the heart and heat of the Italian summer.

From 8.30am to 6.30pm, I’ll be in this room or the shopping centre next door where you can grab a coffee.

I’m working.

There are the usual serried rows of flip-down seats and long rows of desks.