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Travels with my brother

A trip to Italy reveals hidden perils

14 December 2024

9:00 AM

14 December 2024

9:00 AM

The pages of this summer bumper edition typically carry the death-defying Aussie larrikin exploits of my brother, but what happens if you take him abroad? It would be a mistake to believe a strict itinerary could contain his barely survivable – legally dubious – chaos.

And so it was that we found ourselves in convoy around the Italian countryside, crammed into a pair of cars that resembled colourful bugs with battered side mirrors.

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Alexandra Marshall is the editor of Flat White, this magazine’s online offering of the latest news and opinions and author of the daily Unfiltered email, which you can subscribe to at spectator.com.au

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