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I read Barack Obama’s book “Dreams from My Father” a while ago now. It’s an easy read but raises some very complex issues. Issues of race and inheritance. Issues like the
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Sometimes when I listen to Rob Thomas sing 3am I often think the song really gets me. Right in that moment, it really gets me. The combination of good lyric, a memorable melody and
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I remember thinking once that Dr Ros had been plying her trade for so long that she knows exactly how to handle herself when having to do one of the worst things Doctors have to do. Give a child
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We seem to be losing the art of how to listen. Maybe we began losing it when we became enamoured with all things video. Maybe video is killing the radio show! I was thinking back to a time recently when
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The interesting thing about meeting and talking to relatives you’ve never met before is that you learn something more about your broader family than you otherwise would have by
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