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	English Women on the Beach	Thursday 16 August 2001

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In the midst of the summer holidays - we're all picturing ourselves relaxing in a bikini with a good book.

But as Alison Sparkes has observed - those magazine images of the slender, bronzed body, relaxing on miles of golden sand don't really ring true.

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