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Don't say mourning. It's too psychoanalytic. I'm not mourning. I'm suffering. — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
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You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving. — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
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