On a woodland path, a red-wheaten Rhodesian Ridgeback trots back to a young woman of South Asian heritage who is clipping on his lead and stepping aside, as a nervous Dalmatian on a lead passes at a distance with its owner.

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The Headphones

On a train, someone with big headphones on isn’t being rude. They’ve told the whole carriage, without a word, that they’d rather not chat. Most of us leave them be. There’s always one, though, who sits down opposite and starts a conversation about the weather.

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