I hadn’t had a room of my own since 2014. I worked overseas, in Saudi Arabia and Thailand, then was a housesitter all over Europe until Brexit forced me back to the UK in July 2019. Moving 19 times in the seven months following, I could no longer focus on anything much. I was tired of lugging everything I owned with me, of fillings gaps with hotels whic…
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