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Dead Man's Pants
"Some weeks later I discovered, to my horror, that my windfall came as a result of someone's death."

Doing The Timewarp
"I wanted to wear the stuff - what was it like to wear an ARP tin hat or sit in an air raid shelter?"

Shared Vision
The relationship between two young artists, one sighted, one blind, and how they create their work.

Enterprising Kids
"My son charged for eating school dinners for people who'd get into trouble for leaving them"

Transsexual Dopplegangers
"So you think I'm someone called Cheryl who wanted to become a man and you believe I'm this man."

The Tabling Ritual
"You descend to the table legs and try to slide in between them and along the plank to the other end"

Breaking the Spell
"As a child I was convinced that because I hadn't taken care of his brooch I had killed him."

Walking To A New Life
"This journey was a pilgrimage - it was the end of one phase and the beginning of another."

Finding Dad's Photo
"'There's a picture of my daddy in this book!' I just knew that this was my father."

Britain's Dullest Place?
The race hots up to find the most boring square on Britain's Ordnance Survey maps...

Call Signs
"Do other couples have a private tune they whistle when they want their partner to know they're around?"

Beach Hut Heaven
"It's my Wendy house - somewhere out the way - just you and the sea. It's lovely."

Food for Thought
"When making pastry, I think of all the women I've ever fallen in love with. Sweet thoughts."

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