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Charmed, twinkly, melancholic.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 February 2022 source ↗
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it’s that grit, that determination, that fortitude, that gets you through what you set out to do.
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View profile →Supreme self-confidence and my wife.
Upright.
Whining.
I have an allotment. I’m also quite passionate about my allotment shed. Terrible season this year; no soft fruit to speak of, disappointing cabbages and my garlic got shocking rust.
My wife says she does. I’d actually have to agree, though my kids and their friends are pretty amazing too.
The first 12 years of school. I was very unhappy. I was not academic, so I played the fool till I was 16.
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