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The Waiting Room

Amelia Tait

A place for unusual and compelling real-life stories that you can't find anywhere else. Each letter focuses on one interesting person and their story.

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The man whose life was £1

I don’t know how long Frank sat there, in a box by the window at the back of the shop. The way I remember it, he was illuminated by a sunbeam – but I very much doubt that’s true. It was the first sunny Saturday of the year and I was in an a...

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The man who collects lost pet posters

Towards the end of July in the year 1970-something, a woman named Diana lost her three-month-old dog. Pluto was a Whippet – “brown and friendly” – and Diana was walking him by Griffith Observatory in LA when he ran away. At home, Diana got...

2 years ago
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The untold story of Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double

In July, TikTok started feeding me clips of Shallow Hal. I hadn’t seen the 2001 rom-com since I was a child, but I knew it would be problematic through 2023 eyes. The premise alone is teeth-clenching: womaniser Hal (Jack Black) is hypnotise...

3 years ago
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The mystery of the magnet man

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Before we begin, I must tell you that the mystery of the magnet man remains unsolved. That can’t possibly disappoint you, because you don’t know anything about the magnet man – you can’t possibly be expe...

4 years ago

The sandwich order that brought two strangers together

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Neha’s hands were cold, like they always are when she’s feeling anxious. It was March – but not an ordinary March – and the 20-year-old was standing in line at Subway. Days earlier, the coronavirus pan...

5 years ago

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