Sometimes when someone tells you not to go somewhere, it’s better not to go there. - Ben Aaronovitch

He believed in a mystical connection between the farmer and the soil."
"And you don't?" I asked.
"I believe there's a connection," she said. "I just happen to believe it's biochemical.

I’m not a peacock, but on occasion I like to dress to impress, although like most coppers I don’t wear much in the way of bling. The rule being never wear something around your neck that you don’t want to be strangled with.

It’s a police rule of thumb that anything involving members of the public takes twice as long as you think it will.