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On planes, not reading and Austenland

May 27, 2014April 14, 2016shallowreader 6 Comments

I’m a nervous traveller

Back in 1986, I had a disconcerting flight. It reached its destination however, not before one of its air stewards fell to their knees and cried and cried wailing “we are all going to die”. When it is a passenger you can ignore this panic but when it is the air steward – let’s just say I got nervous and have stayed that way ever since. Continue reading →

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