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Tell me a story
Creative writing, Italy
Lisa Clifford’s morning writing classes take place in a Florentine villa just minutes from the Arno river. There’s no excuse for anyone to be tardy: most people on the course are staying in the area. But the day is off to a slow start when monocle visits: her students were out late last night.
Over a week-long period, people – mostly women – come to Clifford’s course in Florence to learn the art of storytelling. Clifford is an Australian author and journalist who, after 40 years of living in…