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This one time, right, I was in Covent Garden. Bit wet. Sluicing down this empty road. This guy steps out, leading a duckling line of children. Right there, two foot away. It’s not that he hasn’t seen me. He’s holding up a hand in my face, palm first, like Cicero. “I’ve got children here!” he shouts, as though that’s enough to change basic physics. So I slam on the brakes, just, and swerve, and miss him, and call him a fool. “Children!” he shouts, outraged. I’m angry - and I’ve waited 6 months to say this | Hugo Rifkind - Times Online
