Archive - Pia’s Substack

In defence of La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita is alive and kicking. But it’s not a place, it’s an abstract noun, in ones head, or rather in ones heart and the spirit of youth.

Jun 15 •

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Flappery and Bikinis

On the cusp of summer in the Tuscan hills

Jun 12 •

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May 2025

Monterosso Lemon Festival

May 21 •

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Idyllic cycling in the Tuscan hills.

May 11 •

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April 2025

Capturing the zeitgeist of the moment?

Public loos and wild weeing

Apr 9 •

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February 2025

Anarchy in the Surrey hills.

We are in deep trouble with Anon.

Feb 16 •

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January 2025

December 2024

Will we survive Christmas lunch???

Dec 25, 2024 •

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Tuscan villa life - Misery is a pig

Dec 12, 2024 •

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Christmas riches

Recollections of when the babes were as little as the bank balance

Dec 10, 2024 •

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