Lead Review

• Book: Stumbling through Italy
• Location: Italy
• Author: Niall Allsop

This isn’t about the Big Sights in Italy but more about the folk and experiences along the way. Fabulous, as Mr Allsop says: “We do not instinctively home in on the nearest church or cathedral when we visit a town … we’re more likely to head for the bar or café with the oldest men sitting outside, one of whom might well drag us off, kicking and screaming, to the nearest church on the mistaken assumption that that’s why we’re there.” A superior travelogue around Italy – Judy Lynn –

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