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In the brochure of the four-star hotel that was putting me up (on a complimentary basis) I read: "We believe in the old-fashioned hotel traditions so, if you want your shoes cleaned, just leave them outside your door. " But how much would this service cost? Perhaps it was free. Maybe that's what they meant by "old-fashioned". On the other hand, this being Switzerland, the shoes might easily come back with a bill for £20 tucked into the laces.
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Class Conscious: Andrew Martin
A woman I know who lives in Fulham gets depressed in the winter school holidays because it seems as if all her neighbours go off and do winter sports. She is haunted by the question "A...
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