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I can hear death knell for the high street

OF all the things travelling is supposed to teach you, of all the ways it is supposed to change, broaden and expand you, I came back with only one nugget of self-discovery: I hate "stuff".

I have a fear and a contempt for clutter and possessions. Ten months overseas in 10 countries living out of a 16kg backpack taught me that I needed to possess very little to get by. If you can't fit it in your bag, bin it.

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