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		<title>As I read, so too, I hear</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read this a few moments ago &#8211; And I could hear her reading it on stage, all those years ago. Truly awesome. And, remember, she read it with spaces. Still I Rise by Maya Angelou You may write me &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5433">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you for having been here.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2014 14:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were going to dinner. But this wasn&#8217;t just any old dinner. This was an &#8220;after the event&#8221; dinner. The event where, because of V, we were sitting on the very front row. The event itself was indescribable. Really! The &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=5431">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll be going back to live.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 13:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t hardly get up this morning, Jack&#8221;, the woman in the dirty-looking pink hoodie shouts. She isn&#8217;t shouting because of the noise, even if we are at the airport. A little later she almost screams, &#8220;Bye, Jack&#8221;. It takes &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=3196">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>British Food &#8211; not really all it&#8217;s cracked up to be (or, Maybe the Italians are right?)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 10:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, apart from trying to fix my blog for almost a month, now, I have also been doing other things. Take last weekend, for example. I went to Hay-on-Wye to see Best Mate. She wasn&#8217;t able to come here this &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=3179">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I am alive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Do you like it?&#8221;, he asked. &#8220;It&#8217;s OK. It enables me to stay here&#8221;, I replied. Thinking about it, it&#8217;s not really OK at all. But what can I do? He is determined &#8216;to be a writer&#8217;. But I remember, &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=2778">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How do you KNOW you don&#8217;t like it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I think I&#8217;ve had this before&#8221;, he says, adding &#8220;and I don&#8217;t like it&#8221;. It was very difficult to keep the disappointment out of my voice &#8230;. but I tried. &#8220;Well&#8221;, I said, &#8220;try a little and, if you don&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=1291">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I am a sex god!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whoops! Of course, although the title may have got your attention (and, as a result I&#8217;ll probably get even more spam comments), I forgot to add a &#8216;y&#8217;! Yes, the title should have read I am a sexy god &#8230;&#8230;&#8230; &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=885">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The voices in my head</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alan Bennett, with the exception of the one monologue I saw with Mrs Bucket, has never really been one of those authors I would wish to read. I don&#8217;t know. It&#8217;s a bit like Hockney or Lowry. It&#8217;s a form &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=449">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friends come round for dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, here&#8217;s a thing. When I first met V, he could cook Spaghetti Bolognese and that was all. Over the years he became quite proficient at cooking and we entertained quite a lot. I would always do the sweet whilst &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=424">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alan Bennett and other things</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 09:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve only seen a couple of his plays on television, well, at least, some of his monologues. But D came over to see me and after lunch we went down to the Festival to see what was on. After seeing &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=422">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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