Tag: shopping
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Gift Wrapped.
This is a tribute. Whatever damage to our health this black COVID comedy has visited upon us, its most permanent effect has been the demise of our traditional way of shopping. Although our physical wellbeing will return, we are witnessing the final decline of the Mall, the Department Store, the High Street retailer. So, a…
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As We Are Mortal…
We have to accept it: as we are mortal, so we are weak. IMHO we shouldn’t hide our weaknesses – evolution has made a pretty good job of us, by and large. No, we should embrace them; we should enjoy them, just as we should recognise that in women, and in men, they take different…
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A Writer’s Rant at Christmas
It’s come around again. Somehow, every year, the media dredge up new perspectives at Christmas, incurring my admiration because I confess freely I cannot. Christmas confounds me. Miraculous survivals, acts of goodness and extraordinary achievements are being reported on every side. Why do I miss them all? Why do I not know where every royal…
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