Sam McBride: How a stranger’s unexpected words stunned me with their wisdom
The life of a civil servant, working in the background, is hugely illuminating
William Fittall worked hard in the background on Northern Ireland
Life’s many coincidences lead us down unexpected paths. One day recently my wife came into the kitchen where I was listening to a podcast in which an English pensioner was talking about how to spend retirement.
Having some decades to go before being relieved of the happy task of writing, I fear my wife thought me either feckless or delusional.
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