Columnist and deputy print editor for Sunderland Echo, Shields Gazette and Hartlepool Mail.
In a bid to purge my mind of all things Trump, I opted to immerse my mind in culture with a trip to the theatre to see War Horse.
It is a well documented fact that it takes fewer muscles to smile than it does to frown. Which means, if you want a full face workout, be a miserable sod.
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