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Perhaps more than anything, “Say Anything” captures the ideological fervor that often characterizes the very young: Marian was only 17 when many of the events in the series take place, and Dolours barely in her 20s.

That political divide is clearly dissolving, even if all the dislocations of the past eight years have barely budged the metropolitan economy from its perch.

Laura, from Astley near Wigan, can barely believe what has happened to her as she recalls the events of the last 12 months.

Sri Lanka’s 17.1 million voters head to the polls again on Thursday to vote in snap parliamentary elections, barely seven weeks after choosing a new president.

Ms Sharma, who works with women in rural areas on health and economic empowerment in northern Uttar Pradesh state, found there was barely any provision for menopausal women at rural government clinics.