"Karr started with a pate, then had a green salad with walnut dressing. The main course was fried king prawn with steamed rice and broccoli, followed by a slice of Valrhona chocolate cake for dessertKarr drank a beer, crushing the can with his hands..."

"Perhaps if every crime or illegal act committed in the UK was punished with such severity as parking infringements we would be living in a much safer place."

"It isn't every day that someone confesses to a murder on a park bench, is it?" ... "It is in Peckham."

Incredible effort of forgiveness: could you do it?

This makes no sense. Open networks are open, closed are closed. What's a password for?

"...the fine boundary that separates a general atmosphere of aggression from outright violence on the London Underground ..."

Welcome to south London: my old manor...