Silence

I expect there will be many blogs with a similar title being posted right now.

Just observed the 2 minutes' silence to commemorate the live of those who perished in last weeks bomb attacks.

Happened to be on Tottenham Court Road, along with literally thousands of others. The pavement was packed with people, staring gravely at the floor, or at each other; strangers standing shoulder to shoulder, part of a strange community.

It's the first time I've felt a sense of community in the centre of London: normally, your fellow Londoners are a nuisance; an impediment; but for two minutes, the concept of "Londoner" meant something special. A gigantic family of human beings mourning the loss of their brothers and sisters.

Deeply moving.