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Pro-Palestinian protest draws 300,000 in London, as police make counter-protest arrests - BBC News

It was more than 300k, I'm no expert but my reference was the Anti-war protests that opposed the Iraq intervention, and whilst it wasn't bigger than that, it was close.

Also it was totally peaceful, no police around. Police presence increased near the end, on Vauxhall bridge road, but just to block people from spilling into some sidestreets (not all).

Police were friendly to be fair. Looks like all the trouble they had was with Cruella sympathisers. Go figure.

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Who do you consider a Great Author of the last 50 years or so (first well-known work after 1970)? I'd like to get a feel for who's who in modern literature. Any language/culture. Fiction only.

Two authors I haven't surprisingly seen mentioned

Neil Gaiman is great. If you haven't read his works yet, start with *the ocean at the end of the lane". A wonderful, short read.

This second one is going to be controversial.

George RR Martin. The books are actually well written, and yes the final book probably won't get written, but it won't take away from your enjoyment. He is a very good writer.