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High life

The consolations of old age

It’s taken me a long time to realise it but family life beats chasing skirt

9 January 2016

9:00 AM

9 January 2016

9:00 AM

OK sports fans, what do Dame Vivien Duffield and Evelyn Waugh have in common? The answer is absolutely nothing, so why start 2016 with such a dumb question? Waugh was short and round and so is Vivien, but apart from weight and height there are no similarities. So why ask? Easy.

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