Reluctant Fun-da-mentalism

Met Boris Johnson yesterday in my official role as Street Party Champion of Hackney(!) Also present were dudes like Babs Windsor (and her 30 year old permatan toyboy - good on yer, Babs), Levi Roots and Jazzy B, all of us at a press launch to promote the Big Lunch, a nationwide campaign to get as many people as possible having street parties on 5th June as possible. Boris said to me, "It's a fact - if you know your neighbour by his first name, crime goes down!" He then emptied a bottle of Reggae Reggae Sauce all over these vegetables, got on all fours, and started to chomp on the rhubarb.














Also had a good time at Book Slam, performing with Mohsin Hamid. Tomorrow I'm moderating a Q & A with Mihir Bose at Rich Mix, to which I'm looking forward.