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The miracle of limoncello

Consider the paradox of lemons. In Italy, one associates them with scented groves. A few years ago, Helena Attlee wrote the book The Land Where Lemons Grow, in which citrus fruits become a golden thread running through the history of Italian agriculture. Yet though the lemon is arguably the most beautiful of fruits, its tart

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Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee review – a musical quest

Lev s Violin by Helena Attlee review – a musical quest Jamie Mackay © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images One summer’s night, at a concert in a small Welsh town, Helena Attlee finds herself blown away by the sound of an exotic stringed instrument. The timbre is sweet and rotund, like nothing she’s heard before. After the encore she hunts down the performer, a man named Greg, who plays with one of Britain’s major symphony orchestras, to find out more about his instrument. Greg tells her that his violin was once owned by a Russian man named Lev, and that he thinks it may have been made in the Italian town of Cremona, birthplace of the famous luthier Antonio Stradivari. Attlee inspects the body, expecting to find a resplendent antique. Instead she discovers something worn, matted with the sweat of many generations of musicians. The two agree this violin’s “voice” is unique in the world. And yet, Greg reveals, the auct