About

I’m a London-based liberal with a hatred of fleeces.

“Dealing in debt, and stealing in the name of the Lord” is a line from Papa Was a Rolling Stone, by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield (and recorded by The Temptations). It doesn’t have much personal significance (Papa Was a Gynaecologist would be more apt) except that the opening line – “It was the third of September/ That day I’ll always remember” – has proved useful for memorising my sister’s birthday.