Bernard Cornwell

Why do my American friends keep asking me to marry them?

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issue 12 June 2021

My diary has been filled with dental appointments, reflecting a truism that American dentists pray for British teeth. The tally in this past month is one root canal, three extractions and two bone grafts, which more or less equals the cost of putting one dentist’s child through a year of college.

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