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The beach at the end of our street looks so beautiful today. The beach in the photograph is not my beach – it’s a beach across the world, in Los Angeles.

Thinking today about a family who lost a son and father. The father played in a band in LA, a long way from his [...]

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The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a trope often seen in movies. She dances into the life of some stodgy, boring male and overhauls his life with her whimsy.

We’ve seen her as Clementine in The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Penny Lane in Almost Famous. These females live for the moment and [...]

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Face blindness

On May 4, 2011 By

It’s taken me this long to realise that I have a real problem.

A year or so ago, I decided to look up why I have so much trouble recognising faces. My eyesight is good and I genuinely want to remember people.  To my surprise, I found other people who have the same [...]

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