I'd never noticed until I came to King's Lynn.

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During a trip to Zurich the week before, I'd noticed that most of the best restaurants in Switzerland's business capital, including the trendy Clouds, a Michelin one-star, are now offering vegetarian menus alongside their conventional ones.

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Both made low-key entrances - I'd have barely noticed the Nottingham man as he walked past me without the cheery greeting as he went to sit on a sofa.

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And by the - I got to the end of the novel, and I noticed, for example, that I'd forgotten what I'd called certain characters.

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I'd had two minor strokes it turned out, in that year, which I hadn't noticed.

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