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The joy of a cancelled Christmas

19 December 2020

9:00 AM

19 December 2020

9:00 AM

Among the greatest bores right now are those friends who insist on telling you, usually as if it’s some kind of state secret, that Covid lockdown hasn’t changed their lives very much. They work from home, anyway, you see. They were practising social distancing before it was cool! They’re not terribly social at the best of times.

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