Matthew Stadlen goes to Devon and Venice to spend time with Michael Morpurgo and get a sense of him as a writer and a person. Venice offers the setting to part of The Mozart Question and Devon is where he lives and was inspired to write the book War Horse. Watch the video here
Listen to Michael Morpurgo in an interview between Devon and Venice
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