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As I read this week's contributor's notes, I was reminded of my favourite perfume: her words exuded a warm fusion of bright top notes giving way to a spicy heart, slowly melting into deep, heady base notes.
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Assembly slumber
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The MLAs were back at their Stormont desks on Monday morning, bright and breezy. A two week break and surely a heavy work-load on the floor of the Assembly. Not a bit of it.
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