On a wide grassy path beside a quiet country lane, a Dalmatian has frozen mid-trot with all four paws planted, while a few metres away a middle-aged Black man with a prosthetic leg holds one arm raised high and tosses something tasty to land just behind him.

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At every children’s party, someone’s auntie is in charge of the music, and she takes it very seriously. When the music stops, the room freezes: one leg in the air, and one small child insisting they didn’t move. Whoever stays still gets a sweet.

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