To love is just a word I’ve heard when things are being saidStories my poor head has told me cannot stand the coldAnd in between what might have been and what has come to passA misbegotten guess, alas, and bits of broken glass“ Long Ago And Far Away – James Taylor In this fraught centenary year, the James Taylor song, released fifty years ago, lingered in the ether this week. One of its strong lines – ‘and in between what might have been and what has come to pass…..’ We and the neighbouring island have many shared traits. One difference…

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