‘Nothing ever lasts forever,’ sang Echo & the Bunnymen and sometimes that’s fine. Nostalgia for the recent past can stop us enjoying the moment …
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social history
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Who that has not suffered it understands the pain of exile? – George Orwell, Burmese Days To be quite honest, having travelled …
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We are losing them. That generation, the ones that built the mythology. Slipping away into hospital beds and sheltered housing, winding down …
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Coming home for Christmas can contain a mixture of emotions, perhaps depending on where you are returning to and from which departure …
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It may not surprise you to learn that I was a voracious reader as a kid, with a book addiction far beyond …
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‘It’s all thought out,’ Flavia said. ‘This [music] and the football stadium – they give us two places to scream and curse …
