Notes from the Underground with David Aaronovitch

Notes from the Underground with David Aaronovitch

Twenty years on

Thoughts on the 7/7 bombings

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David Aaronovitch
Jul 07, 2025
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I survived the 7/7 London bombings, but as a British Muslim I still grew up  being called a terrorist
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It was my first week at The Times and the day after my mum’s funeral. This is part of what I wrote that afternoon, even as the news changed:

“ON THE fringes of Central London the news of a bombing doesn’t break, it seeps. The first clue is the crowd at a bus stop which, on a normal day, has just a sm…

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