Unboxed
by Stephen HounslowUnboxed
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A former BBC journalist steps away from the news to seek the exotic in the everyday.
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About Stephen Hounslow
I worked as a BBC News journalist for 30 years. But news has no monopoly on momentousness. So here I'm shifting gears by casting a journalistic eye over the apparently inconsequential. And exploring the exotic - and the absurd - in the everyday.
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