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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dave Hill

Shopping for Britain

My latest for Cif includes the following:

I'm not being smug or clever. I'm just translating my tiny sum of economic knowledge into a good excuse for buying some new shoes. Two pairs, actually; and a suit; and an overpriced scarf; and, since I'm being so grown-up and candid with you here, about a grand's worth of goodies for my newly rat-proofed kitchen. In fact, I bought all these things yesterday during a rare bout of profligacy in London's Oxford Street.

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