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Will masks mean the end of smiling at strangers?

25 July 2020

9:00 AM

25 July 2020

9:00 AM

I’ve been a regular runner for 40 years, pounding my way across Hampstead Heath to Kenwood House and back. This year, thanks to a combination of heart surgery and coronavirus, I’ve become a walker, and my perspective has changed. Walking is a genial activity, requiring you to open yourself up to the world around you.

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