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The King’s speech

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Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue… Pride: noun, feeling of satisfaction in oneself due to one’s actions of the actions of those to whom you feel a connection There are things afoot in the world to make one want to …

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Peace in our time?

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Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? Smile, they said. Because things could always get worse. So I smiled. And lo and behold, things got worse. There are …

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The year in question

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The return of what has been stolen from us. The childhood of our children, the peaceful old ages of our parents. The year is 2035. The venue is the Fig and Duck Pub in the market town of Middle Whingeing. Yes, they do still have a few pubs – we’re …

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