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The first surprise of the night comes when you realise the Rapture, who sound like jittery casualties, pockmarked by chemicals and discoloured by late nights, are actually an energetic, fresh-faced bunch, prone to touching the crowd and beaming out regular schoolboy grins.
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In his retirement speech, Harold Wilson explained how he was left feeling like an "unprepared schoolboy" during one of his regular audiences with her.
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Schoolboy stuff.
A schoolboy, perhaps.
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