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Notes from the land.

A wedding in Calabria explained step by step, for couples who live far away and families split between here and abroad.

The series

Getting married in Calabria, step by step

One step a week, in the order things actually happen: from deciding to marry here to what is left to do after the party. A new piece every Thursday.

The first step is published on Thursday 5 November.

Letters from the South

One letter a month, from Calabria.

Stories of weddings, villages, returns. I write it as I'd write to a distant cousin.