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The Mug Protocol
So if you are invited to stay at our house for a few days – and don’t worry, the risk is low, we’re not very sociable – there are a few house rules you should be aware of.
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Matthew and Son
Matthew, and his Son – or by now his Great Grandchildren – are just trying to run a business. Give them a break.
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Father to the man
No doubt I should have been learning more (or at least something) about the Phoenix Park murders, or rereading the turgid pages of Le Baiser au lépreux.
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O jabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
…as we stepped outside and felt a little warmth in the late February sun, it certainly started to feel like spring.
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Smokey’s 49-year vacation
I was prepared to leave it at that, and leave a bit of mystery in his life.
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Llanuwchllyn
“Three of those people are your relatives”. That should have surprised me, but it didn’t. After all, this was Llanuwchllyn.
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The Copper Bowl
He soon came back with a Swiss 50 franc note, with about a quarter missing. “You’re welcome to this if you can use it.’
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My Short but Glorious Rugby Career
…had I stayed the course, Dad would have loved to give me that shirt.
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Palin and Holmes: looking back to greatness
So why should their attitudes to continued celebrity be so different?
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The Excellent Trap
…there had been no career plan, just trial and error, opportunistic – sometimes desperate – leaps from rock to rock.









