Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

Kicking a football has been one of the joys of my life

The lads – my grandsons – know it and feel it too

Inside of the foot. Outside of the foot. Back heels. Flick-ups. Half-volleys. Volleys. Strokes. Caresses. Credit: Natee127 
issue 18 February 2023
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Two nights running I was incontinent of urine and woke up with warmly weighted pyjama bottoms. Former nurse Catriona didn’t bat an eye. When she first came to France she was a carer for three geriatric English expats, a lady and two gentlemen, and both gentlemen wore nappies in bed.

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