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Gravy day open thread: How to make gravy – from Paul Kelly to Nigel Slater

On gravy day – inspired by the Australian Christmas classic – share your recipes for the perfect gravy
Today is gravy day, thanks to Paul Kelly and his Australian Christmas classic. Photograph: Dorling Kindersley/Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley

Paul Kelly’s has become an Australian Christmas classic. The song captures the poignant phone call made by a man in jail to his brother on 21 December, as he ruefully ponders what the rest of the family will be doing on Christmas Day without him. The song is widely beloved because it both powerfully evokes the longing and regret of an incarcerated man, the loving-yet-brittle relationships between family members,

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