Ian Thomson

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  • Harry H. Corbett: The Front Legs of the Cow

    Susannah Corbett

    The History Press, pp. 320

The other evening my wife came home to find me watching re-runs of Steptoe and Son. The washing up had not been done, and everything was in a state of bedragglement (including Olga, the family dog). ‘How can you bear to watch that stuff? Steptoe’s got a face like a squeezed lemon.

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