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Index ID: RB1DW — Publication date: January 31st, 2005

JKR creates ‘fifteen bedroom mansion’

I was deeply amused to read recent reports in UK newspapers that we have just applied for planning permission to create a fifteen-bedroom-home – after all, even Dudley only required two bedrooms. It’s quite true that we have been doing building work on our house in Edinburgh, but as we are not setting up a hotel we went for a slightly more moderate number of sleeping quarters – divide fifteen by three and you might find yourself a little closer to the truth.

Actually, it now occurs to me that ‘divide-by-three’ is a good rule to apply to a lot of ‘news’ stories.


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