By Citylife | Thu 12 Mar 2020
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Half an hour later, we were sitting round the kitchen table. Mrs. D had made us each a list of things that we could and could not do. Mine seemed longer.
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With a sense of impending doom, I watched her pick up the microphone as we played the introduction. She took a breath and started to sing.
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A recent shopping trip meant a family six-pack had been purchased and with only two left, one of them had my name on it.
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A gay Buddhist monk talks about his sexuality and religion.
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"It is not so simple anymore," he said, "the government should have sacrificed themselves for the country by now."
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You can imagine the respond when you call home and tell your family and friends that you are getting married… and she’s a bargain for only two thousand quid!
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