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What makes a city? Claire Armitstead is the Associate Editor for Culture at the Guardian and editor of the new anthology Tales of Two Londons: Stories from a Fractured City. Here, she explains London is the sum of the realities of all its residents. Find out more about the anthology: orbooks.com/catalog/tales-two-londons-edited-claire-armitstead