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My Kingdom for a Horse: interview with Alistair Morrison

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With 80 portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, he is especially remembered for when he got celebrities to take their own photobooth pictures in aid of UNICEF.

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Made It Through, Walking Again: The Amputee Chronicles V

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It didn’t occur to me that I could die. I was just irritated.

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A.N.A.L. A.C.T.I.O.N.!

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Maybe I should get a life, but I, for one, would be happy to go back to the good old-fashioned values of literacy.

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Gun Down Your Guilt

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Humanity comes with a side-order of adrenaline and it’s got to go some place. Something tells me cross-stitch isn’t going to be as effective as cross-fire in providing entertainment.

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In Praise of Savagery: reviewed

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My dad is very elderly and in poor health, but I wanted so much to tell him about Warwick, a man who met and lived with Thesiger.

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She Loved Much: a short story

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Simon shuffled towards him, desperate not to come into contact with the woman. ‘Yes, preacher?’ he said.

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The Dream-Maker. Get Your Book Published – Free!

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I published my book using this system, and do you know what? It works. PEOPLE ARE BUYING MY BOOK!

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Lessons from the Amazon with Ed Stafford

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One thing is clear from his Amazonian trip – Ed Stafford wants to make his future journeys an educational experience for kids.

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The Pedestrian Rides Out: Devil-Possessed by Gran Turismo 5

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It’s only when you see the automobile as the pinnacle of design brilliance in the modern age that you can really enjoy smacking it into a hedge at 168 mph.

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The Drama Of Being Heard And Not Seen

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If you want to write a play with oral sex happening right by listeners’ ears, pitch it to Radio 3

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