The Big Lunch

A Bg Lunch street party

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A third of people can go a week without sharing a meal with someone else. Picture: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos.

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Members of Chapel Allerton community group cara, Alison Ford, Cordelia Oyekan-John, Matt Tamplin, Cliff Hughes and Hannah Howe join Vanessa White, centre, from the Big Lottery Fund to launch The Big Lunch at The Woolpack Pub in Esholt made famous by Emmerdale. Below: Sir Tim Smit welcomes Royal visitors to the Eden Project.

Lunch and architecture set to restore our long-lost sense of neighbourliness