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Nuns, nurses and Sharkey-infested waters as the real dry January draws to a close
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The community of sisters from Our Lady of Walsingham pay a visit to the Tattersalls February SaleCredit: Laura Green
Thursday, January 30
January can feel like such a drag, can’t it? The days are short, the weather’s grim and there’s nothing on the telly.
Others might have been absorbed by the new series of the BBC’s Traitors, but I gave up the moment I realised it wasn’t, as I’d assumed from the name, a documentary about life on the press bench.
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