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Sir Clement Freud On Wednesday: The journey from London means leaving the office before four, which is frowned upon by employers who like to be first to leave.(Sports)

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From: The Racing Post (London, England)
Date: 20050420
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Byline: Sir Clement Freud

GEOFFREY CHAUCER maintained that, when April, with its sweet showers, has replaced the droughts of March; when small songbirds resume their melodic dawn chorus and the spring sun has energised the crops and caused the woods and heaths to germinate . . . then, do men long to go on pilgrimages to Canterbury and pay homage to the blessed martyrs who were of such help in the dark winter.

Six hundred and fifty years later, this could be translated into: when Easter is done and dusted, the clocks are on British Summer Time and the children mercifully ...

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