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World war twee: the hideous triviality of our times

7 December 2024

9:00 AM

7 December 2024

9:00 AM

I remember the moment I first understood that we, the British, had a national character. It was in the mid-1970s and my family and I were watching a clip from an American TV show which was being shown to us by ITV for a giggle. It was a celebration of the love between mothers and daughters.

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