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Iris Origo: the author honoured by a music festival

Origo was an artistocratic Italian writer who dreamed of creating a new society. Selma Dabbagh visits the magnificent Tuscan estate where her grandson has set up a yearly celebrationEach July an annual music festival is held in the magnificent grounds of La Foce, a Tuscan estate in the Val D'Orcia, in memory of Iris and Antonio Origo. The Origos rebuilt the house from a crumbling osteria, developed the gardens – today celebrated as among the finest in Italy – and transformed the volcanic moo...

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21:55 on July 6 2012

Iris Origo: the author honoured by a music festival

Guardian Music — Origo was an artistocratic Italian writer who dreamed of creating a new society. Selma Dabbagh visits the magnificent Tuscan estate where her grandson has set up a yearly... more info
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