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Old Friends, New Lives

QUIRKE: A Day in the Year of a Nobody

Mar 23, 2025Comedy

I am far from the land and routines of life that for nigh on 60 years I called home. The people, places and pasttimes that occupied me are now completely a thing of the past and when I am compelled to think about them I...

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