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Peter Knight

How I know I’m about to get hooked on Love Island

The series 8 line-up of islanders looking for love has been confirmed

(Picture: ITV)

Every year I wrestle with it. Can I lose another summer to a smouldering brickie from Galashiels? Can I invest in another fashion blogger’s infatuation with a Brummie lettings manager?

No, I can’t. I’ll sit out this year’s Love Island. Everyone else can gabble on about Giles’s recoupling conundrum, Troy’s confession or the fact that Amber’s never heard of Boris Johnson — I’ll watch a Jim Al-Khalili documentary instead.

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