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WE WERE more right than we imagined. Back on 27 November we introduced our end-of-year competition, asking for offbeat resolutions to make life more fun in interesting or exciting ways, with the observation that people tended to make their resolutions at the last minute. And, what do you know, the entries poured into our office right on the deadline.

We cannot resist giving the first of our prizes to Roger Wicksteed of Oxford, who resolved “not to enter any more competitions in which I have virtually no chance of winning”. So – unlike the several readers who merely resolved not…

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