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Yes, that's an actual high street you can hear in the background,

because today on Open Book, after a tough, tough winter in lockdown,

we're opening the windows, stretching our limbs and stepping out into spring.

Later I'll be chatting to Naomi Shiguro about her refreshing debut Common Ground,

a novel in which two very different people are brought together by the Great Outdoors.

And in the spirit of spring cleaning, we'll be discussing the joys and drudgeries of clearing out the clutter with Eleanor Ray and Jess Kid. But first, a perfect Peckham spring day for me, not so long ago, that I would take for granted pre-pandemic, would involve a peak in the South London Gallery, then a stroll by the blossoms and silver birches that fringe Pushy Hill Road.

I'd cut through Warwick Gardens and maybe stop off for an Americano, followed by a browse

in review bookshop. It's one of my local favourites which, like many bookshops across

England and Wales, will reopen this week with those in Scotland and Northern Ireland, hopefully

following later in the

month. And I'm very pleased to say that I'm here with Ben Pope, who is the manager of review

bookshop in Peckham. Hi, Ben. Ben, I've walked past the front of your shop longingly over the past

few months, and I've noticed that you keep the window display up to date. Why is that?

Well, it's been a really important

resource over the last six months or so because obviously we can't have people in the shop

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