A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life
A Podcast about Italy, travel, writing, books, gardens and food.
Celebrates creative living, beautiful conversations and the journeys we need to make along the way.
Interest in slow living, slow food, creativity, art, cooking, books and ultimately living the good life!
Podcasting since 2019 • 130 episodes
A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life
Latest Episodes
The Tarocchi Players - Renaissance Italy and the History of the Tarot
"Around the middle of the fifteenth century, not so long after the first written references in Europe to cards of any kind, an artist named Bonifacio Bembo painted a set of unnamed and unnumbered cards for the Visconti family of Milan", Origins...
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Season 11
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Episode 130
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36:34
A Small Act of Rebellion while the world goes Crazy!
"A book can never disappoint you" - Cinzia FerriWelcome to Episode #129:Just a little rumination about books and life as the new year arrives! Enjoy xThe Substack Post that inspired this podcast:
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Season 11
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Episode 129
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18:45
What I loved about Visiting Bologna!
“Bologna was unique in championing the professions of women. The home of Europe’s oldest university, which has supported female students since the thirteenth century, the city considered women artists integral to its development” - Katy Hessel,...
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Season 11
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Episode 128
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30:39
Italy - Healing for the Soul
"Live the journey as faithfully as you can" 💥James Hollis A notebook from Bologna led me to contemplate the profound effect that Italy has had on my psyche these past few years. The journeys and the moments that have awakened ...
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Season 11
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Episode 127
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28:44
Pentimento - Artist's Lives, Reflections, Muse Italia
"I fall in love with places" - Cy TwomblyWhile still reflecting on the life of Cy Twombly, I muse over a few artists that have been influenced by Italy (and my artistic process). There is just something about the visual beauty and the hi...
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Season 11
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Episode 126
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48:04