Impeccable Table Manners

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  The thing with getting older is that chances run out. Opportunities tend to knock less frequently, and when they...

  When I was growing up, in my mum's box-shaped council house in a town I'd happily drop napalm on,...

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  September. The dying days of summer. The brilliant colours of autumn. Grey skies. Too-big school uniforms. Darker evenings. The...