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Notting Hill Carnival: why partying is the perfect antidote to austerity

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imageWho needs clubs when you can dance in the street?Facundo Arrizibalaga/EPA

About a million people will be gearing themselves up for the mayhem that is Notting Hill Carnival this bank holiday weekend. For two days there will be crowds, booze and pumping music filling the West London streets. Shops board up in anticipation, and locals make a killing...

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