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May 14, 2025
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Adrian Mole from the 1980s TV show sitting with a model plane glued to his nose

I’m not entirely comfortable with the idea that major misfortunes can be character building – ‘everything happens for a reason’ is possibly the most hokey phrase since ‘what’s for you won’t go by you’ – but maybe there is something to be said for suffering a small humiliation and coming out the other side. Discounting genuine trauma, an occasional knock…

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