In the UK (and many other countries), housing, fuel and transport are fantastically expensive, squeezing that food budget. For rich people this isn’t a problem. But an analysis by the Food Foundation3 shows that the poorest 50 per cent of
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“She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“Many people could say things in a cutting way, Nanny knew. But Granny Weatherwax could listen in a cutting way. She could make something sound stupid just by hearing it.”
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“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”
― Moving Pictures
― Moving Pictures
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
― The Boscombe Valley Mystery - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― The Boscombe Valley Mystery - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
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