My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.
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- Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car.
- Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.
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- That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.