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A shorter distance apparently makes the heart grow fonder.

Sutter also defended Ryan’s posts, one of which included a black-and-white Mother’s Day message: “They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder.”

The cliche that absence makes the heart grow fonder is apt here, in more ways than one.

Of course, absence makes the heart grow fonder: her lead single “Yes, And?” brought her into new sonic territory — house-informed pop music — and immediately shot up to No. 1.

Colin Duncan was a teenager when he used it to nip into the city centre from the south side, and he has fonder memories.