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Like nothing else, I guess.
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Exhilarating. I’ve been extremely lucky in that the person I love, Annalena, happens to be my wife.
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A never-ending hug.
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For me, love is working through things when it’s not going well.
Like intoxication, sometimes followed by a hangover.
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The BBC World Service followed by the dawn chorus.
Having a gun held to my head at a May Day rally during the revolution in Grenada. I was mistaken for a CIA agent.
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