Opinions | Off the Cuff
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Wednesday Jan 19
The travails of travel
Think of travel as a way of beating stress and relaxing after weeks of work in the fast lane
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Tuesday Jan 18
Left in the cold with a corpse
A poor man's plight in harsh and cold conditions
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Sunday Jan 16
The paradoxes of 'celebration'
One of my little language projects over this holiday season just past has been to get a better grasp of what the essence of "celebration"
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Saturday Jan 15
The family photo shoot
Everyone knows how chaotic family reunions can be.
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Friday Jan 14
Secrets of a lake's amber depths
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Thursday Jan 13
Fred and his dis-tressed free meals
Freddy, when a teenager, had a shock of hair that was referred to as 'a mop'
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Wednesday Jan 12
'Eat and drink activities'
Ticket inspector hands out "offence number 29", which simply says 'eat and drink activities'
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Tuesday Jan 11
Running to stand still
Fitness is depressingly specific. Cycling every day won't prepare you for a hike to Macchu Picchu.
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Monday Jan 10
A feast for uninvited guests
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Sunday Jan 9
Words not what they used to be
More and more organisations seem to be trying to summarise the year in a single mot juste, but this year's crop doesn't seem all that interesting
