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Murder and mayhem in hilarious crime fiction debut
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Whingers galore and hardship hell, isolated in the Oxfordshire wilds
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Marmite Markle strikes a blow for letter-writers
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Criminals from all over lurk in lockdown bedside library
Living, coping and observing in the age of Covid #8 Feb 2021: THE Pisa-like bedside tower of books looked like toppling before I got
Good news on books, jabs and theatre fights BBC gloom
Living, coping and observing in the age of Covid #7 Jan 2021: I HAVE been on a bit of a downer. Today, however, I am
Dealing with the nitty gritty on hoes and dykes
PERHAPS this blog post should come with an advisory caution; like those that precede some of the raunchier dramas screened on post-watershed TV. A warning
Happy fat makes deadly fat and an easy Covid target
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