London is my home. I was born in Dulwich and grew up in a suburb called Chislehurst, near Bromley. The thing about London and me—and I guess a lot of other people here—is that even though it’s our home, we are still nomads. You can be born here and still not really be from here. But if I’m not from here, I’m certainly not from anywhere else. I like London; but she’ll chew you up and destroy you in seconds if you’re not careful. No one can beat London. No one can outspend London.
No matter how much cash you have, you can always spend the lot here. But there are lots of places where that’s true. So what’s unique about London? The pie and mash shops, people still wearing boiler hats and the pigeons with their mashed up feet. Sometimes I wear my boiler hat down to the pie and mash shop and order up a pigeon pie. That’s really when I think about leaving.
You can be born here and still not really be from here.
