The Rake

Letter from the Editor

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All things considered, we are not enjoying the sort of settled times that 100 years of suffrage, growing liberty and freedom, medical advancements, and relaxed attitudes to increasingly risqué sexual activity might bring. Fortunately, humour, especially when things are murky, isn’t . Remember, for example, how Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother used to sign off her letters during the second world war. “Tinkety tonk, old fruit, and

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