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    ROSEMARY STEED

    Jul 30, 2018 4 minutes
    Interview:
    Stav Dimitropoulos
    Photography:
    Sophie Gerrard

    It took me a weekend to leave my flat, my husband, and my job. I was age 33 when I decided to cut the rubble of my previous life. I had been married for nine years but had been thinking about this change for a long time. I needed to end my marriage, to change my job, and to give myself a new life. I was child-free, which made the decision easier.

    I am Rosemary Janet Steed and I am 60 years old. I was born in Edinburgh but my family moved to Perth in 1966, and then to Larbert in

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