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Time and space are, of course, interchangeable. It is instructive to reflect that the terms of trade between then have shifted, are shifting, dramatically with increasing speed of communication. The internet now make the global village an accessible (virtual) reality. Communication with other members of a ‘community’ is now instantaneous and economical if not free just as monkeys can in effect be reared on contact with Terry towelling. The contrast is with heart-breaking farewells at the docks or waiting for the names of the dead and wounded to be posted at the Town Hall. These were features of the lives of the present over seventies.
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Halsey, A.H. (1996). Travels. In: No Discouragement. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25137-7_11
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