Gaynor Thomassen 

Lake District based ex scouser
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Heartbreaking, important, beautifully told story. ❤️ And yes, a newsletter dedicated to this stories and others about your life that weave in and out would be wonderful. Your writing is a gift.

Unknown Babies. Unknown Mothers.
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it's always lovely when our creative darlings turn out to be actual darlings. <3

Finding My Birth Mother: Excursions in a Lonely Landscape
Ben Houchen, the Clean Energy Sector Council and a misleading Tees Valley Combined Authority claim
Chapter Three: Justin McBieber and the Paté Shower.
Inside Liverpool's most intriguing pub strip: "Dry January? Get a cream for that, lad"
Chapter Two: We've been on this road before.
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Love this so much! More please. 🙏❤️

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Brilliant. Worth the subscription to the Post. What's missing is reference to people, who make the cities. Communication between the cities' residents ranges from the snide to the cantankerous. This is where we can learn from these other joint cities you mention. It could start with extending the hand of friendship between rival football teams....

Old grudges will tear us apart