In a wide green field, an apricot Labradoodle on a long line turns mid-stride and bounds back towards a white man in his thirties with dark curly hair, while further off a calm older dog waits beside a Black woman in her sixties in a yellow raincoat.

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Across the Room

At a party you spot an old friend across the room and set off towards them. Halfway there, your partner catches your eye: “Come here a sec?” If that means leaving, you pretend you didn’t see. If it means ten seconds and “go on, go and say hello”, you’ll come every time.

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