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Surfing
‘Honestly,’ Valerie said, passing Lucy a piece of toast, ‘I think life would be so much better if we didn’t have people filming everything. ‘Do you know that studies have found a link between depression and the extent to which people photograph everything? Memories no longer become rose-tinted like they used to. Everything is remembered in so much stark detail that insecurities which would otherwise have been left behind, not constantly remembered, are reflected in the photographs from which people can no longer escape.’
Lucy yawned, then took a sip of her hot chocolate. ‘Is that so?’
‘I mean, what happens in the pub should stay in the pub, if I had to put it in layman’s terms.’
‘So you’ve seen the video?’
Valerie smiled. ‘Dear, I thought it was hilarious. I mean, who woul
