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Imagination saves the day

WHAT do Westminster Abbey, The Wallace Collection and the Grange Festival have in common, other than the obvious that their finances have been seriously affected by the pandemic?

The abbey derives more than 90% of its income from tourism, usually attracting 1.3 million visitors a year, with £17.8 million spending money about their persons. Last year, symbolised by the lone figure of The Queen by the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior on November 11, only 16,000 people managed to get there between

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