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AGONY UNCLE

Q: I’m going home for the holidays but my racist, homophobic aunt will be there. How should I deal with it? Take her on, cut her off or stay silent?

Awkward of Adelaide

I read your letter with a deepening sense of familiar dread. In theory, the festive season is a time to put aside these earthly complaints. Surely we are not the first to

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