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ADVENTURES IN FATHERLAND
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ADVENTURES IN FATHERLAND

27 Feb 23

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Carlo, Hanif and Sachin at the opening of the Amnesty book shop on Kings Street, Hammersmith, 1998

Dear Readers, my dispatches will always be free and open to everyone. I am unable to use my hands and I’m writing, via dictation, with the help of my family. If you could become a paid subscriber and support me, it’d mean so much.

There has barely been a minute of the last ten years that I haven’t enjoyed being with my three sons, Sachin, Carlo and Kier. But I have to admit that the early days were difficult, if not nasty and even hair-raising at times.

I am sure there isn’t a parent in the world who wouldn’t admit this. Freud refers to these strong alternating currents as ambivalence, which does not mean mixed feelings, but absolute hating and absolute loving, often at the same time. The people most likely to madden you are not those you merely hate, but those who raise the greatest, most insane-making conflicts in you.

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