Pia’s Substack

Kefir and spiders

Mad dogs and English men

Jun 27 • Pia Whitmartlet

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May 2026

Paradise lost and found

‘A volte dai tutto, ma non basta’ Sometimes you give everything but it is not enough.

May 3 • Pia Whitmartlet

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April 2026

Spring in Tuscany

The usual chaos

Apr 16 • Pia Whitmartlet

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Goose pimples

Gratuitous Colin Firth

Apr 5 • Pia Whitmartlet

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February 2026

Spring in the Tuscan hills

Chaos and carnevale

Feb 20 • Pia Whitmartlet

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December 2025

Celebrating the Winter Solstice

Christmas with the fam

Dec 12, 2025 • Pia Whitmartlet

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November 2025

November, month of growth, rejuvenation and unnatural practices.

70 is the new 40.

Nov 26, 2025 • Pia Whitmartlet

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Is truth a defence for the writer and is a reference to inclusion now mandatory?

Is truth a defence for the writer?

Nov 21, 2025 • Pia Whitmartlet

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August 2025

With old friends in Tuscany

The Abomination Tour

Aug 23, 2025 • Pia Whitmartlet

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July 2025

Birthdays, graduations and new dawns.

Pride, Love and rites of passage

Jul 24, 2025 • Pia Whitmartlet

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Glorious English summer

Rediscovering mud

Jul 7, 2025 • Pia Whitmartlet

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June 2025

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, 2025 • Pia Whitmartlet

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