A woman in a cream linen suit and patterned silk headscarf holds a stack of hardback books beside a dark-green estate car with its boot open, packed with tan leather suitcases, a wicker hamper and green wellington boots, while a whippet sits by the rear wheel outside a white stucco terraced townhouse.

The August Exodus: Where Old Money Actually Goes When London Empties

The season ends, the city exhales, and a certain stratum quietly vanishes. A field guide to the private geography of August.

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