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A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life

A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life

By: Michelle Johnston
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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!

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  • There is just Something About Italy - from the Piazza della Repubblica, Roma

    There is just Something About Italy - from the Piazza della Repubblica, Roma
    Jul 3 2025

    "I adore the spirit of Rome" - Michelle Johnston, In the Shadow of a Cypress - An Italian Adventure

    Welcome to Episode #115:

    More and more I realise there is just something about Italy. This podcast is a culmination of an eventful solo journey in Italy and Paris, and the culmination of the days wandering around Italia has me feeling very open to the beauty of the day and those last precious moments in Rome…

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    My book: In the Shadow of a Cypress - An Italian Adventure

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    © 2025 A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life
    Music Composed by Richard Johnston © 2025

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  • In Rome, Lost but Happy....

    In Rome, Lost but Happy....
    Jun 29 2025

    "The brittle crust off the present fractures; my feet sink into the quicksand of antiquity" - Anthony Doerr, Four Seasons in Rome

    Welcome to Episode #114,

    A spontaneous moment sipping an Aperol Spritz sitting at a caffe/wine bar on the corner of a busy side street close to Via Nazionale has me musing over some beautiful moments in Rome, purely sunny days full of grand adventures, being lost but absolutely happy in Italy…

    Find all Shownotes at michellejohnston.life

    My book: In the Shadow of a Cypress - An Italian Adventure

    Book Link for MichelleJohnston.life

    © 2025 A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life
    Music Composed by Richard Johnston © 2025


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  • A Florentine Cafe & Musings on Women and Art in Italy

    A Florentine Cafe & Musings on Women and Art in Italy
    Jun 28 2025

    "Solitude is a place I like to go" - Tracey Emin

    Welcome to Episode #113:

    Today I share some beautiful moments in Bologna and Florence while sitting at a cafe close to Mercato Centrale in the centro storico of Firenze. Exploring art and culture was at the forefront of my experience in Italy on this recent travel adventure and there is no doubt there are many moving parts on this journey of mine. I discover much more than I expect seeing Tracey Emin at the Palazzo Strozzi and the restored artwork of Plautilla Nelli - The Last Supper c.1560 at the Santa Maria Novella.

    I mention the Strozzi Gallery and seeing Tracey Emin Sex and Solitude and The Time for Women exhibition that are currently showing in Florence, yet would also like to add while in Milan I went to I am Leonor Fini at the Palazzo Reale and loved her work and the beauty of her rich artist life in Italy and France. It came as quite a surprise to see such a femme de force of art after perusing the NovoCento in Milan, a wonderful museum of 20th and 21st Century modern art, yet certainly I noticed that 99 percent of the work was the art of men, a legacy that obviously reflects something more pertinent to art history and Italian culture. These observations left me pondering the times and the culture of art in Italy and perhaps my own experience as a woman forging ahead in difficult times in the 21st Century.

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    © 2025 A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life
    Music Composed by Richard Johnston © 2025



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