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He was instrumental in New York’s recovery — but his own return has proved less than heartening
A brief return to London was like seeing an old boyfriend after an amicable break-up
I too would enjoy executive powers but only a maniac would want a job for life
A summer of carpentry taught me the value of seeking out alien experiences
A second chance would be a fine thing, in life and everything else
Both sides of the US political divide canonise unlikely icons
As an American I enjoy smiling. As a Brit I enjoy being smiled at
On rare occasions a public figure transubstantiates into one in front of our eyes
We are new to hosting and energetically hopeless at it
When chaos strikes, you won’t find me crouching in a cave with a year’s supply of beans
In Britain, politeness is deployed to get what one wants. In Trump’s America, politeness is an anagram of pointless
Don’t be afraid to fail. Be terrified
I don’t know what a chakra is but it sounds delicious
Unsolicited emails are a bore — porn, identity theft and weight-loss creams
Television and presidential ratings are not equivalent to one another
If George Washington was the father of this country, Tom Hanks is America’s Dad
The pursuit of happiness — as well as life and liberty — is more like a race than a quest
Britain ended hereditary entitlement to rule over others — America’s aristocracy took the idea and ran with it
Would the founding fathers have been relaxed about Americans killing American children using semi-automatics?
Life was chaos until I too chose to become a conspiracy theorist
Shooting a car into space makes just as much sense as other rich men’s pet projects
Jenny Lee admits that living life on-demand has made her lazy
Jenny Lee marches to the tune of different drummers
Being a parent is lovely and lonely — sometimes you need 7,441 other mothers who get it
Jenny Lee dons a bike helmet in search of America’s capital
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