Tobias Jones

Writer, Parma, Italy

Tobias Jones is the author of The Dark Heart of Italy (2003), Utopian Dreams (2007), Blood on the Altar (2012), A Place of Refuge (2015), Ultra (2019) and a series of crime novels set in Italy. He lives in Parma.

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Written by Tobias Jones

Black-and-white photo of a large gathering a street, with several women holding hands and engaging in conversation.

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War and peace

Hail the peacebuilders

Conflicts only fully end when the delicate threads of peace have been steadily and quietly woven by ordinary, dedicated folk

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Addiction

An unexpected fix

Mucking out the pigs together can be just as helpful to recovering addicts as a 12-step programme or medical treatment

Tobias Jones