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Sunday column

In my last seaside village report I was facing a homicidal Blackbird Projects van on a zebra crossing. Let’s return now for the rest of the story.

Cars are made to go at great speed, but they can also move at a crawl. This is something we see at, say, showgrounds, and racecourses: a big expanse of grass, people on foot in all directions.

It's all differen…