Could we all do with a bit more silence in our lives? 🤫 Writer Harriet Shawcross says yes – sometimes silence can allow people to say what they haven’t been able to say before. But as the world is getting noisier, is there a space for silence? And could being quiet for too long be a bad thing?
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