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Rigours of the English climate Excerpt from a private letter to an South African correspondent 16th February 1970         [Yes! I am fervently hoping to emigrate. The fact is, I cannot endure the climate here. It is bad enough at any time, even for young people. But at my age it is not only intolerable but also dangerous.         I am the last surviving male member of my family. All my brothers & sisters are dead, & I lost a first cousin last year. So that I have no ties here, & I am suffering cruelly from the rigours of the climate.         One has only to live in East Anglia a fortnight in order to understand why England has never been invaded since 1066.!]

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