Matthew Parris Matthew Parris

Abandon your plans if you want to get a life

Abandon your plans if you want to get a life

issue 03 May 2003

Imagine that opposite this page there were to appear an advertisement under the headline ‘Free Return Tickets to Cape Town’, worded something like this: ‘Hundreds of free flights to any destination served by South African Airways! Write to us with your preferred itinerary and a brief explanation of why you would like to visit the place you have chosen.’

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