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Doors, chairs and what lies between

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One might say that all the doors we pass through in our lives are ours. They belong to us, just because we passed through them, or we belong to them
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How to (kind of) make it as a M&G columnist

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There will be rejection in the form of no replies, which will haunt you for days. Keep going.
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The pros of Myself (Pty) Ltd

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"I’ve been using a company name and have played with the idea of talking to clients about “us here at the office”... but I’ve realised it’s just me. "
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Dylan pulls off another put-on

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As Picasso said, though he may have had TS Eliot’s words put in his mouth: “Good artists copy; great artists steal.”​
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World Cup’s his and hers moment

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'The revolution has spilled onto the screen'
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You’ve got (sincere) mail

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Emails from clients and colleagues by far outnumber those from friends and family
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We’ve GoT so many endings

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More than a million fans have signed a petition to have the last season of Game of Thrones redone
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An evening routine unsullied

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By the time Game of Thrones is scheduled to air on Showmax, I’m asleep. That’s just the way I roll and no amount of suspense is going to change it.
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Tyresome lower-case tornado

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Tony Yengeni’s tweet implied Mashaba should be necklaced. He has been widely criticised for this, and the DA has laid a charge.
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Bright lights, dark mutterings

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Are we so in thrall to images of wealth that we would just stand there, agog at the spectacle, and not wonder about all this wasted electricity?
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‘Praise the Lord, I’m a real fat cat’

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Why would a pastor who was not only made rich by God but is also presumably protected by God need guard houses?
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Doccies don’t lie. Or do they?

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In Leaving Neverland two men make allegations refuted by the family of a dead man unable to defend himself
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Pope thinks entrapment isn’t kosher

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Pope Francis has caused something of a storm by advocating a change to the Lord’s Prayer
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Life (sort of) begins at 40

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'I was born to be 40'
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The New Year’s resolutions solution

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To be resolute is to be unwavering and they waver (in the form of waivers), taking away our right to demand logic
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