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LOCKED IN A BOX

Kate looked at Pete as if he had just ordered her grandmother’s corpse, pan-roasted with Cabernet sauce and asparagus.

“You know they never see sunlight? And they spend every waking moment in a two-foot box?”

He did know. During isolation, they had both seen the same documentary on Channel 4, Locked in a Box: Veal or No Veal. Watching Noel Edmonds shout at Belgian cattle farmers, Pete had made himself two promises: he would never eat veal again and he would never, ever dye his hair. “I

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