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"I HAD A LIGHT LUNCH."

REBECCA THIMMESCH ON CALF BRAIN, HOSPITALITY DATES, AND THINGS NOT SITTING WELL

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Rebecca Thimmesch
Nov 05, 2025
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I’m en route to lunch, walking through an industrial estate in East London, further east than I normally go. I’ve peeled my jacket and cardigan off damp spring skin, and my shoulder has seized up. It’s a chronic thing. This isn’t how I want to arrive for my glamorous wine bar lunch date, sweaty and clutching my left arm in pain. I’m exploring a romance …

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