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Trying to fast forward
We have just passed the equinox and I am now a quarter of the way through which seems quite incredible. Yesterday was the first day I didn’t need a light filter, and the sun, which was straight in my eyes just a month ago, is now tucked behind the trees. The light is changing rapidly.…
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On death and dying
At sixth form college in Walthamstow my A-level philosophy teacher, Mr Ellis, came in one day looking depressed. He told us he had spent most of the night before writing a list of all the books he wanted to read and had then calculated that even if he read every waking moment from now on…