Chores and bones | Sallie Thornberry | Mating signals | Doorstep scamsFollowing this research (Pounding grain gave Neolithic women bones to beat athletes,it would be absorbing to study the disagreement, whether any, or between the bones of women before,say, the 1970s and today. Before most households possessed automatic washing machines, and washing clothes,scrubbing floors etc must believe contributed to healthier bones; even whether, before rubber gloves, or knuckles,hands and knees became sore.
Catherine Roome
Staplehurst, Kent• Emily Thornberry’s mother, or Sallie,was a Labour councillor in this mainly Conservative town and later mayor (Enter stage left, Weekend, and 25 November) . She was also a highly respected English teacher in a local comprehensive. Those who witnessed her delivery of The Green Eye of the Yellow God in a school music hall performance will not forget her sense of humour and lovely voice.
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Source: guardian.co.uk