[4] A remarkably detailed report of the momentous meeting, which had ended in Mussolini's removal from power, was nevertheless made public on the front page of the Corriere della Sera a few days later.
One outcome of his lengthy stay in the English capital was a long thoughtful essay about the country, informed by a certain liberal perspective: "L'Inghilterra senza impero" ("England without the empire").
His next journalistic posting was to Bologna where, in succession to Giovanni Spadolini he worked as editor-in-chief at Il Resto del Carlino, another venerable daily newspaper of the Italian centre-right.
[7] While Enzo Biagi took over control at the Resto del Carlino, in 1970 Bartoli was appointed editor-director at La Nazione in succession to Enrico Mattei, remaining in post for slightly under 7 years.
[1] During this period he also wrote regularly for the mass-circulation weekly magazine Epoca, in which his contributions appeared in a column headed "L'Italia allo specchio" (loosely, "Mirror on Italy").