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Pippa Middleton on wine, fishing and Kim Kardashian

Plus: Eulogy for a church, and my first go at country dancing

13 December 2014

9:00 AM

13 December 2014

9:00 AM

A few days ago I went truffle hunting in Piedmont. It’s been a bumper year for white truffles in northern Italy — the best ever, according to some experts — thanks to climate change and an exceptionally wet summer. My guide was a brilliantly sharp-eyed Italian, Mario, whose dog Rex did the snuffling.

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