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This week’s choice is “Not My Best Side” by U.A. Fanthorpe, which I have chosen to mark a visit to London and a viewing of the painting on which the poem comments.

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This week’s choice is “You Will Be Hearing From Us Shortly” by U.A. Fanthorpe, which evokes the feeling of a hostile job interview.

We are conscious ourselves
Of the need for a candidate with precisely
The right degree of immaturity.
So glad we agree
— U.A. Fanthorpe (1929—2009)

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