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Dear Alice, Last weekend following dinner at an authentic Chinese restaurant in China town, Teacher Mum and I relived our youth at the Sydney Entertainment Centre by watching Spandau Ballet in concert. It was a highly significant event for us as this was the band we saw on our first ‘real’ date back in 1982. Despite only recently returning from skiing in Italy where we’d met, it was already becoming clear to...

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Dear Alice, Hope you enjoyed Scandinavia. The only Swedish I know is how to order breakfast. I was taught this by The Two Ronnies in 1978 and have never forgotten it. ‘Have you any eggs and ham?’ translates to ‘F  U  N  E  X  N  M ?’ ha ha ha. British comedy in the 70s – you had to be there. As I write this, I understand from an excited Teacher Mum (having just got a text from you), that you are...