24TH JANUARY

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A professor at Cardiff University has concluded that the 24th January is, apparently, the most depressing day of the year. Hmm. It’s also the day (in 1920) on which Modigliani died of tubercular meningitis. The next day, his companion, the pregnant Jeanne Hebuterne, committed suicide. They are buried together in Père Lachaise cemetery. RIP.