
We walk across Waterloo Bridge, BB and I, on our way from The Strand to The King's Head in Roupel for a post-curry pint or two. On the way Barrett Bonden spots the words "Feroglobin. Great Tasting Blood Builder " on the back of a van. The product in question is the work of Vitabiotics". "Put that in your Moleskin," says BB. Obediently I do, more his beautiful thing than mine. A must for vampires, meanwhile.
I have seen him before, a middle-aged Big Issue seller outside Charing Cross station. He stands on one leg leaning forward, a copy of the magazine in one extended hand. He wears a felt hat and a leather jacket, and manages to keep the pose like the living statues in Las Ramblas in Barcelona for minutes on end.