Charing Cross Road was once the bookselling heart of London and disreputable enough to avoid the… — Ben Aaronovitch

It’s a police mantra that all members of the public are guilty of something, but some members of the public are more guilty than others.

Dedication: This book is dedicated to all the people who get up and do something about it, whatever it is and however small the thing is they do.

Nightingale had taught me to be cautious of the early sources. “A great deal of it is accurate,” he said. “And a great deal is less so. Unfortunately it can be difficult to determine which is which.”