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I have been fortunate enough to be interviewed for Leslie Tate’s highly-regarded and widely-read website. This has given me an opportunity to give a detailed account of the unusual route that my memoir, ‘The Naples of England’, travelled in its journey to publication. It also allows me to explain the links between that book and Read the full article…