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The Talented Miss Highsmith
Publication: New York Times
Patricia Highsmith said of herself, 'I am always in love...' . Yet at her memorial service in Tegna, Switzerland, in 1995, there were no lovers from the past, and there was no lover to mourn her in the present.
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Polar Bear
Publication: The Guardian
I am your inner polar bear. Find me before it's too late.
There's a photograph of me rafting an iceberg, the melted sea all around, the sea that should have been solid.
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On neighbourhood sharing in 1960s Accrington
Publication: The Guardian
My Christmas begins at 3pm on Christmas Eve when I turn on Radio Four to hear the Festival of Carols and Nine Lessons. At the same time I pour the pink champagne. Already on the plate is black bread and wild smoked salmon. The colours are as good as the taste.
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Why I adore the night
Publication: The Guardian
It's human to want light and warmth - our pagan ancestors had a calendar of fire-festivals, and God's first recorded words, according to the Hebrew Bible are 'Let there be light.'
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Carbon Living
Publication: Country Life
I have just signed up to the Guardian 10/10 campaign - to personally reduce my carbon footprint by 10% by next September. I felt pretty smug about rarely using a tumble drier - in the country we just hang our clothes outside, or throw them on top of the AGA, right? Yes I know my AGA needs a bit of justification - but it is an electric one, and I am on the green tariff - and I have given up my Porsche - well, OK, it blew up in Burford, but anyway,
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