Il Venerdì (full name: Il Venerdì di Repubblica), first published in October 1987, is a weekly supplement of la Repubblica which deals with news, culture, politics and current affairs. Its interior features services and dossier of various kinds along with regular columns by Curzio Maltese ("Contromano"), Michele Serra ("For mail"), Natalia Aspesi ("Matters of the heart"), Ascanio Celestine ("The Sheep black "), Diego Bianchi (" The dream of Zoro "), Piero Ottone (" Vices & virtues "), Stefano Bartezzaghi (" Lexicon and clouds "), Francesco Piccolo (" critical zone "), Corrado Augias (" My Babel "), Richard Iacona ("In 50 lines"), Dario Vergassola ("Is there life on Earth?"), Federico Grappling ("Analysis") and other important journalists of the Republic.