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...We were living at the time in France. And he said the US is too far. It’s too expensive. What is your second choice? And without knowing what I was saying, I said, Britain....
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...I have never seriously endangered myself financially, but did — plug your ears, Claer Barrett (the FT’s personal finance guru) — recently consider emptying my US retirement account to buy a painting by Duncan...
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