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I look at pictures from my school days and the memories of that period instantly come flooding back. Thoughts of secondary school are quite mixed, with just as many negative ones as positive. But my p

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Camping. I do understand the attraction. It’s stripped back, simplicity. Out in nature. There’s something romantic about it, I’ll admit. Plus, let’s face it, it’s cheap as chips. But shower blocks and

IT was only Tuesday, and Jane was already missing the twins like mad. She gazed at yesterday’s photo on her phone. The two little girls all dressed up in their new blue uniforms and standing in the pl