In a sunny back garden, a black and white Labrador and Springer Spaniel crossbreed trots across the lawn with an old slipper in his mouth, nose high and tail wagging, while a blond white woman in her twenties sits on the back step with a small notebook, smiling as she writes.

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Your Grandad’s Nose

At every family party, an aunt takes your chin, tilts your face to the light and says, “That’s your grandad’s nose.” She’s right. You have your mother’s laugh as well, and the family’s inability to reverse a car. But nobody looking at your grandad could have predicted you. He’d have been baffled by the drum kit.

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