Almost 30 years have passed since my mother, Phyllis, died from cancer of the brain, and it still hurts my heart to remember how she suffered so bravely through two gruelling but unsuccessful operations.
QUENTIN LETTS: Sir Keir Snorer chose the village of Lancing for the first big speech of the campaign. A provocative location. Lancing is famous for its private school, run by the Woodard charity.
It was George VI who first called his extended family ‘the Firm’. Today, with so many injuries and key players on the bench, it might better be known as ‘the Team’ – and one struggling to avoid relegation. It’s what you might call a reign in pain. So it’s a good time for Alexander Larman
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