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    GOLDEN OLDIES

    Jun 30, 2021 2 minutes
    RACHEL JOHNSON

    THE PM’S WEDDING BAND

    This column has been on gardening leave. The kibosh on live events combined with my torpor and late-onset FOJI (fear of joining in) meant I even missed Van Morrison’s appearance at the London Palladium during his long-delayed anti-lockdown tour,

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