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Mulling it over

I sat down to lunch the other day, at home, in my flat, on my own. And I automatically reached for a book. It seems

Grateful 50

High up there on my list of New Year’s resolutions is to stop being so preoccupied with age … and in particular, my age. For

Grateful 51

Earlier this week, I sent out an e-mail to my North American friends, those living within the USA and those living without. I included a

Something to consider about being insular

There’s a little old lady who walks around the balcony of the fourth floor of my building. She could be sixty-six, she could be seventy-seven,

Introducing Grateful 52

Big worlds Yet another year is over, ready to be classified and filed away for future reference, destined for history books and memoirs of the

Editing the truth

I’m a self-confessed pedant when it comes to punctuation. Already this year I’ve written to two companies to point out their misuse of [it’s] to

The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth

What would it be like if everyone was completely honest? If we all told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, all

Do I stay or do I go?

That’s the question that seems to be on a lot of minds these days, as Hungary edges increasingly closer to the edges of democracy. The

Strawmen and superstition

There are those who credit me with a modicum of intelligence and more than a smattering of sense. They are usually taken aback when I

Living room: A horse in the corner

I have finally completed my feng shui homework and it’s taken me so long that I can’t really remember why I needed a horse in

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