Paul Whitehouse
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When my dad died this year.
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Noah Harari
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When my dog died a couple of years ago. We were in Greece on vacation and a friend was watching her at home, and she was bitten by a snake. We rushed home, but we were too late by a few hours.
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When my son got into art school.
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My local Tesco stopping stocking Häagen-Dazs Peanut Butter Crunch.
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That rather assumes I have grown up.
Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim, which was one of the set texts for my English literature A-level. I have almost finished it.
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