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In the old days, women would say ‘she has butter and jam on her bread’ about spendthrifts. People would usually only have one at a time. Nowadays, there’s a café in an old mining town that sells triple-chocolate brownies with ice cream, fudge, salted caramel, and a small biscuit.

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Everyone knows we have driven out the demons. They are banished to metaphors, horror stories, and the politely ignored beliefs of recent immigrants. But…

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I was in Manchester last week. Once, I knew the city well, but I haven’t visited in a few years; so the new skyscrapers on Deansgate seemed a sudden…

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