Bruce Anderson

The healing power of wine

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issue 17 August 2024

What goes best with a broken rib? The answer, I think, is any drink you enjoy that will not make you laugh.

I was strolling along to Richmond station after spending the night with old friends. (Very Jorrocksian: ‘Where I dines, I sleeps.’) I was carrying a scruffy overnight bag containing one shirt, one pair of socks, ditto underpants and sundry toiletries.

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