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    (Headline, $37.99) Many years ago, I worked at a press agency in East London, and when the Docklands Light Railway wasn’t operating – which was quite often, as I recall – I would take a long, long bus ride to work through outer suburbs such as Bethnal Green and Stratford, ... More...

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My son's circumcision agony

The terrified screams of her little boy from behind the closed door of a doctor’s surgery tore through Salma Khan’s* heart. It was supposed to ... More

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My young granddaughter was staying with me overnight and in the morning, I went into her room wearing my favourite fluffy pink housecoat. “Grandma,” she said, “you look just like Madame Butterfly!” Surprised, I said, “How do you know about Madame Butterfly?” She replied, “It’s the name of our school pig.” As you can imagine, I was a little despondent about this.

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