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What's wrong with a bit of nostalgia between friends? I think nostalgia sometimes gets too much of a bad press.

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Terry Eagleton
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 22
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Literary Theorist
Non-Fiction Writer
Researcher
University Teacher
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Salford
Greater Manchester
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