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‘It’s a joy to cast off thick tights and thermal bras’

My local bookshop has a new sign in the window – ’Please note; the post-apocalyptic fiction section has been moved to current affairs.’

After the roller-coaster ride of the past two years, it’s hard not to conclude that ‘optimism’ is an eye disease.

But it’s important not to become Eeyore-esque because research proves that optimists live longer than pessimists. Yep.

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