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Reflections 9th July

Thoughts from London

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Richard Merrick
Jul 09, 2023
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Different tone today. I have spent a good part of this week in the centre of London, a place that, since lockdown, I have visited rarely and only daily when I have. Staying over, having a chance to have a longer, slower look, has been something of a revelation. An unsettling one. What follows are some of the thoughts it has triggered.

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