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Big Veg Twitter is the last corner of the internet that is wholesome and good | James Colley

Passionate growers of absurdly large vegetables offer a soothing respite from social media feeds filled with irony and horror
The thing I enjoy most about Big Veg Twitter? ‘Sweet, uncomplicated pride in something you’ve made.’ Photograph: Solent News/Rex Features

I’m going to let you in on a secret but you have to promise not to ruin it. There is still a corner of the internet that’s wholesome and good. There is a place where people aren’t at each other’s throats every second of the day. Positivity reigns. Smiles abound. You feel better, rather than worse, for staring at your

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