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‘I read Tender is the Night at 15, and my life changed for ever’ [United Archives GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo] 
issue 12 March 2022

Gstaad

This is my last week in the Alps and I’m trying to get it all in – skiing, cross-country, kickboxing, even some nature walking along a stream. (I did my last downhill run with Geoffrey Moore, one that ended in a collision with a child at the bottom of the mountain, and I’m thinking of calling it quits on the downhill-skiing front.)

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