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My thanks go to you the readers and regular and it has been a pleasure bringing you the contributors, magazine each the month. majority of whom will still be writing for the title.

COVID-19 has reduced considerably the daily incidents of overcrowding, such as on the London Underground. Will they return once restrictions are lifted? Perhaps, although with so many likely to still work from home the effect might be reduced. (Wikimedia Commons/tom Page)

Mark Nicholls Editor