OPINION - The London Question: what happens if you actually talk to a stranger?
One of the first things we get told as children is to “stay away from strangers”. Or, if you’re me, “stop sneaking downstairs in the middle of the night to eat butter out the fridge”. As such, we make it our life’s mission to avoid any and all contact with people we do not know, for fear that we might make an enemy, or even worse… a friend? Never has this been more true than right here in London — the city of passing ships. But today, I’d like to challenge the concept of stranger danger by telling you about my mate, Peter.