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		<title>Pubs and beer and food and Indian and rain and cold and wind &#8211; but mainly pubs , beer and food</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned before about my friend from school, H, who&#8217;s wife died a little while ago. Unfortunately, I could only go to the funeral for the day but I made the effort and went over on our long holiday weekend &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8796">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Joy Is Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;s away. Again. This time it&#8217;s for at least 10 days. He left on Friday morning for London and then on Saturday flew to China. 10 days is a very long time, made worse by the fact that, this weekend &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8646">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making fun of people&#8217;s attitudes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2015 10:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Again, found as draft and never posted. From September/October 2014 Banksy, to me, is no graffiti artist. He&#8217;s a true artist, with a wit and cleverness that, it seems, most people don&#8217;t really get. So, it&#8217;s sad to hear that &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5681">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A night at the opera &#8211; Aida.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last two posts were about Friday. It was a rather &#8220;full&#8221; day in terms of emotions. But, I had J staying and, on Sunday, as her birthday/Christmas present we had tickets for the opera. She had told me, on &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5885">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic People</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 08:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am way, way over my head here. And how different this was from the previous night! I am introduced to various people, only one of whom I will remember &#8211; and that&#8217;s because we&#8217;re going to his wife&#8217;s shop &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5349">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Staying with you -v- going out with my friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2014 06:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He doesn&#8217;t say much. I mean he talks A LOT, but doesn&#8217;t say much in the way of &#8220;lurve&#8221;. No &#8220;I love you&#8221;s or &#8220;I miss you&#8221;s or stuff like that. So, you have to take what you can. Last &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5343">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A concert, the weather and the dreaded Visit.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I managed to book for Kate Bush &#8230;.. eventually. Not the date we wanted, nor, even, at a weekend but at least I got some. I saw her on her first (and only) tour back in 1979 (in Manchester) &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5310">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Difficult, 14 and gay?  Don&#8217;t let the story get in the way of the headline.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday evening, I spent a few hours with the lovely Lola and, at one point we were discussing how misogynous Italy is and lamenting that Italy hadn&#8217;t really entered the 21st Century. Talking of which, there was an &#8220;interesting&#8221;* conversation &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5293">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More Tourist stuff to do in Milan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 10:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jean was here for a few days. She had just turned 70 and, for her birthday present, I bought her the ticket to come. The first time she came, about 18 months ago, we did all the things I do, &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=4824">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Erm, I&#8217;ve just funded a film!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I have. It&#8217;s almost like I&#8217;m a movie producer or something. Of course, I didn&#8217;t fund it all. In fact, I funded a little bit of it. You can see the details here (it&#8217;s a Kickstarter project). And there&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=4822">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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