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When I read about the abuse of Baby P.
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Three days ago, when my makeup artist poked me in the eye.
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Anne Enright
Novelist and short-story writer
When Kellie Harrington won gold for Ireland in the boxing at the Paris Olympics I pumped out the briny.
Over a YouTube clip about animals. "Laboratory animals see sunlight for the first time", or "elephant mourns his best friend the goat". I watch something like that every day and I'm always in pieces.
Simon Bird
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My sister's wedding. Probably a bit of grit in my eye or something. Let's not make a big deal out of it.
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