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Growing old, Italian-style

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Diana Athill's memoir on ageing, Somewhere Towards the End, was a huge success oversees and sparked her interest into how different cultures view old age.

Rome correspondent David Willey spoke to Fay Caracciolo, an elderly resident of that city.


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