Deborah Ross

Sting in the tail

The Scouting Book for Boys<br /> 15, Key Cities

issue 20 March 2010

The Scouting Book for Boys
15, Key Cities

This week, I should probably have seen Old Dogs starring John Travolta and Robin Williams as ‘two best friends who have their lives turned upside down when they’re unexpectedly charged with the care of six-year-old twins’ but I saw the trailer on TV and couldn’t do it.

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