The memory I’ve tried to repress for 50 years
I’m driving slowly, as it’s raining. Passing a parked ambulance, I distinctly remember thinking, ‘You won’t get me.’ Then everything changes in an instant.
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My life as a teenage communist
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Why let the truth get in the way of a good story?
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I’m declaring war on war. Who’s with me?
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I’m clueless about tech — but it never stopped me
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True crime podcasts are booming. I’ve joined the bandwagon
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