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Notebook

Alexander McCall Smith’s notebook: America vs my diet

Plus: Changing manners in baseball caps and grammar

13 December 2014

9:00 AM

13 December 2014

9:00 AM

The trouble with going on an American book tour is that I know it’s going to play havoc with my diet. People on diets can very quickly become diet bores, but I am unrepentant: I know the calorie content of most things and, for instance, how long it takes to burn off a croissant.

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