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What To Do When Your Cup Is Empty

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By Helen Russell Verified
| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
I am spent. My cup is empty. School broke up on Wednesday and so did my brain – into tiny fragments. Splintered and spread across what was once a lawn, but that’s now a parched straw landscape (‘strawscape’?). My children have been limping towards the finish line for weeks. Months, even. As have I. It’s been a year. Writing my first non-fiction since moving back to the UK, launching my novel into the world (pre-order now and I’ll love you forever).
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Why The World Cup Isn’t Really About Football

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By Helen Russell, Helen Russell Verified
| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
I have spent most of the Men’s World Cup watching people rather than the pitch. This isn’t unprecedented. Once every few years I observe the spectacle of the curious species known as The Football Fan from afar - and always learn something interesting about humankind.
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Erling Haaland donates rare Viking book to Norway

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By Helen Russell Verified
| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
Manchester City striker and Norwegian hero-to-the-football-mad everywhere made an unexpected contribution to his hometown this week that has nothing to do with goals or trophies. Haaland has donated a rare 16th-century book of Viking sagas to the library in Bryne, the Norwegian town where he grew up. Haaland bought the book with his dad in December for 1.3 million NOK (about £100k or or $135k) - the most ever paid for a book in Norway.
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