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I am terrible at delegating. Even at this time of year, the best I can summon when people ask if they can help with the Christmas feast is to ask them to bring some crackers to go with the cheese. I only trust one friend to actually bring cheese – she seems to be in some kind of weird co-dependent relationship with London’s smartest cheese shop and, being a terrible person, I am keen to exploit that to my own benefit.