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On August 8, 1963, a Royal Mail train was ambushed near Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, by a gang of 15 men.

Using a fake signal to stop the train, the robbers incapacitated the crew and made off with £2.6 million in cash.

The meticulous planning and execution led to one of Britain's most infamous crimes, resulting in extensive manhunts and changes in UK security systems.

"People can only be people when they have a place to be themselves." – Anne Frank

Anne Frank’s quote highlights the fundamental human need for a space where one can truly express their identity. A "place" could refer to a physical location or an emotional environment where an individual feels safe, accepted, and free to be themselves. Without this space, people are often forced into roles that don’t reflect who they truly are, leading to frustration and disconnection. The quote emphasizes the importance of freedom and belonging for personal growth, where people can find their voice and live authentically.

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"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

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"Leo Tolstoy, Russian Lev Nikolayevich, Count Tolstoy, (born Sept. 9, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula province, Russian Empire—died Nov. 20, 1910, Astapovo, Ryazan province), Russian writer, one of the world’s greatest novelists. The scion of prominent aristocrats, Tolstoy spent much of his life at his family estate of Yasnaya Polyana. After a somewhat dissolute youth, he served in the army and traveled in Europe before returning home and starting a school for peasant children. He was already known as a brilliant writer for the short stories in Sevastopol Sketches (1855–56) and the novel The Cossacks (1863) when War and Peace (1865–69) established him as Russia’s preeminent novelist. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the novel examines the lives of a large group of characters, centring on the partly autobiographical figure of the spiritually questing Pierre. Its structure, with its flawless placement of complex characters in a turbulent historical setting, is regarded as one of the great technical achievements in the history of the Western novel. His other great novel, Anna Karenina (1875–77), concerns an aristocratic woman who deserts her husband for a lover and the search for meaning by another autobiographical character, Levin. After its publication Tolstoy underwent a spiritual crisis and turned to a form of Christian anarchism. Advocating simplicity and nonviolence, he devoted himself to social reform. His later works include The Death of Ivan Ilich (1886), often considered the greatest novella in Russian literature, and What Is Art? (1898), which condemns fashionable aestheticism and celebrates art’s moral and religious functions. He lived humbly on his great estate, practicing a radical asceticism and in constant conflict with his wife. In November 1910, unable to bear his situation any longer, he left his estate incognito. During his flight he contracted pneumonia, and he was dead within a few days." (Britannica)

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"The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon". Book by Mark A. Bryan with Julia Cameron and Catherine A. Allen, p. 160, 1999.

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The most important issue for man is the nature of his entrance into the world through the gate of life and his exit into eternity through the gate of death. Everything that happens between these two gates consists of transforming one's consciousness and perception of reality into evidence that will testify for or against, depending on one's own voluntary choices.