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“Out of the Slow Food movement has grown something called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy but has spread right across Europe and beyond. And in this, towns begin to rethink how they organize the urban landscape so that people are encouraged to slow down and smell the roses and connect with one another.”

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Carl Honore
Carl Honore

Carl Honoré is a British journalist born in 1967. He is known for his research on the pace of modern life, particularly the concept of 'slow living'. Honoré's work explores how to find balance in a fast-paced world and how to improve the quality of life by slowing down. more

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