Have you noticed that about journalists—all they really want to talk about is themselves. - Ben Aaronovitch

Isn't the internet wonderful?" she said. "Better than dragons any day.

Despite being the oldest part of London, the Square Mile has a faster architectural churn than anywhere else in the city. Occasionally it throws up something exciting, innovative and modern…but mostly it doesn’t. Architects like a bit of volume, and financiers like floor space. The easiest way to maximize both is to build a cube—which is why ninety-nine per cent of all office buildings are boxes with lobbies.

Police work," said Stefan, "is ninety per cent paperwork, nine per cent bullshit and one per cent horror.