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Duty, devotion and lack of self-pity — Anne Glenconner is an example to us all

21 December 2019

9:00 AM

21 December 2019

9:00 AM

Trained from a young age to be self-effacing, never liking to be the centre of attention, having been traumatised for life by being made to wear a bright green dress sewn from old parachute material at her own coming out dance in 1950, Anne Glenconner must be wincing at being thrust into the limelight by today’s columnists.

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