While some residents are proud to host celebrations, others lament road closures and city’s transformation into a ‘theme park’ Concetta Chillemi was chatting to friends outside her shop next to Palermo’s gallery for modern art housed in a sublime baroque church in the city’s historic centre. A few metres away, an Italian TV crew had its camera trained on the tiny square in front of the church where event staff in black T-shirts scurried around in the heat. They were preparing for the arrival of