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‘We've gone on holiday by mistake’

Is there somethingyou really miss when you're away?

For the last 38 years, I would say my wife [Joan Washington, who died in 2021, aged 74].

Do you travel light?

My luggage got lost flying to New York 22 years ago, and I swore I would never ever travel with luggage again.

What are your earliest childhood holiday memories?

Mozambique, one hundred miles from Mbabane where I grew up.

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