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Perspective, 13.3.20

On March 13, 2020August 22, 2020 By Jim HarrisIn Breakfast, Pause for Thought, Zoe Ball

So, last week water started dripping through a light fitting in my kitchen ceiling. Now let me be clear: this was not flooding. Flooding is a whole other universe of properly terrible. This was just an annoyance. But it was very, very annoying indeed. Naturally, therefore, I behaved as any rational person would, faced with …

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Shoemaker, 5.6.19

On June 5, 2019July 17, 2020 By Jim HarrisIn Breakfast, Pause for Thought, Zoe Ball

Some families are born of Kings: Danny Dyer’s, for example.  Some are born of D-Day heroes.  Mine, on the other hand, is born of ditch-diggers and shoemakers. Nevertheless, even ordinary families have their legends.  And there's a legend in our family that I ruined my brother’s life. But this isn't a story about me tying …

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Beautiful, 10.2.14

On February 10, 2014May 5, 2020 By Jim HarrisIn Late Night, Pause for Thought

I read somewhere that the mirrors in some shop changing rooms are designed to make us look slimmer.  It may be an urban myth, but it’s a smart plan anyway.  Clearly, if the answer to the question, ‘Does my bum look big in this?’ is 'yes', or if, in my case, if I miraculously look …

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