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Victoria Coren Mitchell

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Insomniacs will be familiar with that disastrous moment as you lie there in the dark, with your eyes shut, when you think, ‘What does my brain actually have to do to make me become asleep? What is the difference between that state and this? Why is the weird, invisible change not happening tonight?’

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I had an instinct to take my husband’s name when I got married. It felt like a romantic statement of pride, love, and permanence and of doing what’s always been done in my family.

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Many poker players swear by sleeping a certain number of hours before a tournament, going to the gym in the morning, and ‘clearing the mind.’ Juggling two jobs alongside my chosen game, I never have time and am invariably sending work emails from my iPhone between hands.

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June 12, 2024

Many poker players swear by sleeping a certain number of hours before a tournament, going to the gym in the morning, and ‘clearing the mind.’ Juggling two jobs alongside my chosen game, I never have time and am invariably sending work emails from my iPhone between hands.

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June 12, 2024

I had an instinct to take my husband’s name when I got married. It felt like a romantic statement of pride, love, and permanence and of doing what’s always been done in my family.

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