Shropshire Star

Peter Rhodes on the gentlest touches, a misguided demo and whatever happened to the slave-trade profits in Africa?

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Great headlines of our age. “Spanish porn actor arrested over fatal toad-venom ceremony” (Guardian). You've just got to read on, haven't you?

Here's an idle thought. Will we become a romantically sensitised nation in these pandemic times? For years, Britain has been a touchy-feely sort of place where men and women who are fond of each other routinely kiss cheeks, shake hands and hug. But in an age of two-metre separation, how long before any form of physical contact becomes a really big deal and we crave the slightest touch that not so long ago we'd have barely noticed?