I was just coming home via Canary Wharf having just attended quite an important meeting in central London. The meeting had gone really well, but I nonetheless wanted to let off a little steam with a trundle. For the first time I could remember, I was wearing a shirt my friend James from the cricket team had given me to thank me for my support. I was making my way quietly, deep in thought, when I suddenly heard someone say “Hi Matt!” Totally at random, I had bumped into one of the players from the very team who’s shirt I was wearing. What are the chances? Sometimes it feels like I’m living in a village rather than a metropolis.

We didn’t talk long and it was only a fleeting interaction. Yet it reminded me how small this city seems to now be becoming, and instantly struck me as amazing enough to be recorded here.