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Matthew Parris

The one thing that really gets better with age

10 December 2016

9:00 AM

10 December 2016

9:00 AM

On the London Underground last week the carriage was crowded. No seat. No problem. I’m only 67 and content to stand. But a younger man offered his seat, and, having some way to travel and a book to read, I accepted with the appropriate grunt and nod of gratitude. Later, approaching my station, I noticed he was still there.

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