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ISSUE Nº 184 · 11 NOV 2026 · THE WHY-AM-I-AWAKE EDITION

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Compare Entering a Poem for a Competition Against Posting It on Instagram First
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Compare Two Vets When Your Usual Practice Has No Appointments Left
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Work Through Feeling Replaced When Your Best Friend Makes a New Best Friend
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Summarise a Term of Squash Coaching Notes Into the Three Things You Keep Being Told
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Decide Whether to Take Legal Action Over a Neighbour's CCTV Camera Pointed at Your Garden
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Translate a Museum Exhibit Label Into Something You Would Actually Explain to a Ten Year Old
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Translate a Government Policy Consultation Document Into a Plain English Briefing
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