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  • Sheikh Down in the Snow

    Sheikh Down in the Snow

    A few days ago I waited on the tarmac at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport whilst twin turboprops wound themselves into sufficient frenzy for flight.  A blond female flight attendant, who save for the strings of supermarionation bore  outsize resemblance to Thunderbird’s Lady Penelope, went through the safety briefing.  40 minutes later, over miles of snowy forest and…