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Moving Sideways: September 2006

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What if we are not, after all, destined for greatness? Friday, September 22, 2006. Pleasure Island. You’ve got to remember. Out of Pinocchio? Couldn't bend their elbows. Then you go downstairs, and steady yourself for what looks like a brief trot to the checkouts, when the path unaccountably veers rightwards and leads you into a giant hangar of a warehouse, and that, my friend, is where the donkey wranglers come out. All in all, I think it’s all gone pretty well, I say. That’s the one, E. says. Then, I t...

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Moving Sideways: July 2005

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What if we are not, after all, destined for greatness? Saturday, July 30, 2005. Dead Guy: Part Two. Read Part One here. You know the stats. Of course you do. Your paper has them all on file. What you came here tonight to find out was: why me? Why have I, Harry Neville, been singled out for this kind of media attention? I told him. "The point is this. In your working life, you've respected every single deadline- except one. As long as you keep hitting all the others, chances are you can contin...But even ...

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Moving Sideways: August 2006

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What if we are not, after all, destined for greatness? Wednesday, August 23, 2006. Forest Fire, Kassandra peninsula, Greece. Posted by Ben Good at 8:57 pm. Saturday, August 12, 2006. Can you see what it is? It looks like a lot of hamsters dancing, mam said. Dad thumped the back of the computer, hard. Posted by Ben Good at 4:07 pm. Sunday, August 06, 2006. I have this problem with estate agents. I kind of. And did you hear her banging on about the holding deposit? It's mad isn't it? Friday, August 04, 2006.

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Moving Sideways: July 2006

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What if we are not, after all, destined for greatness? Monday, July 31, 2006. Said I'd be back. It’s about time for my driving lesson. Every Tuesday evening, I sail through South West London, bobble headed at the wheel like Noddy in Toytown, while in the bucketseat beside me, Iqbal grits his teeth and pumps the pedals like a lunatic. Iqbal is an observant Muslim, and anytime we’re caught in traffic, I try to tease out his views on some of the pressing issues of the day. What’s it going to be like, then?

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Moving Sideways: October 2005

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What if we are not, after all, destined for greatness? Saturday, October 22, 2005. Who's Who on the Chessboard, Part Two: The Bishop. So," your friends say. "You've interviewed the old bastard? Tell us: what's he really like? Worse: what would they begin to say about her majesty the Queen? You say. "He's everything you imagined and more." And the laughter that follows contains an element of relief, as if an awkward obstacle has just been removed, and all the old, familiar pathways are open once a...That ...

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Moving Sideways: November 2005

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What if we are not, after all, destined for greatness? Monday, November 28, 2005. Posted by Ben Good at 10:58 pm. The Way We Lived Then. A lot of people going to see Matt Dillon in Factotum. If I remember correctly) after only flicking through the contents page. When I mention this to her now she claims to have no memory of the incident. I think maybe she realises that I was a very timid thirteen year-old whose rebellion was, at least for the time being, only expressed through books. On Gaien Higashi Dori.

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Moving Sideways: October 2006

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What if we are not, after all, destined for greatness? Wednesday, October 18, 2006. Where I was the weekend before last? Who wants to know? Because I could have been anywhere. Could have been back in Ireland, for example. Could even have been at a wedding. It’s all possible, you know. Look, if you want to ask me if I was at my sister’s wedding in a big house in County Monaghan, why don’t you come right out and ask? It’s not like I’ve got anything to hide. How did my sister look? Dude, you’re thinking of ...

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Moving Sideways: August 2005

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What if we are not, after all, destined for greatness? Thursday, August 25, 2005. With kisses instead of songs. I realise that when I was a teenager, this is pretty much how I imagined adult life to be. Then a jaunty, waspish plane arrives on the scene, and I go apeshit. That’s a fucking Spitfire," I say. Positive, I say. Actually, I have never seen a Spitfire before, but this plane. Posted by Ben Good at 12:15 am. Friday, August 12, 2005. God Bless You, Mr Bywater. Bacon and egg ice-cream! At its best, ...