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Mike Graziano is Professor of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University. 听Mike is interested in personal space and in his book 'The Spaces Between Us' he argues how it organizes our social and emotional spacing, influences our facial expressions and shapes our interaction with everyday objects including tools, furniture and clothing. 听After decades of research into personal space he had a very personal experience of how not having a functioning personal space bubble can ripple out in all aspects of life when his son was born with dyspraxia.听听

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Dan lives in North Carolina and likes to keep some distance between himself and his neighbours because he values personal space and enjoys living in solitude.听听 But by an unexpected coincidence Dan became very familiar with his neighbour which made him think about the nature of the space between people both physically and emotionally.

Anna is a young mum who was at home with her six month old baby when she posted a message on a mum and babies Facebook site and received a message from a stranger which punctured her personal bubble of safety.听听

David Greig is a playwright, theatre director and Artistic Director at The Royal听Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. 听David has a love hate relationship with technology but feels there is now no distance between us and our phones. 听He believes that the space in a theatre, the distance between the audience and the stage gives theatre an emotional power.听听听We are aware of our own presence allowing for greater thought, reflection and perspective than we may get with a screen where the distance between us is so close.