What have I missed the most? London buses, the familiar red double deckers that I adored as a child, climbing up stairs in the hope of finding a seat at the very front, so I could observe everything from on high. The Docklands Light Railway, which thrilled my nephew as a child, as it was driverless. The markets - Portobello for antiques, Columbia Road for flowers, Brick Lane for vintage and Camden for pure nostalgia…
We had a rapport that people remarked upon. We could talk to each other about so many things and the fact that he was 30 years older than me was irrelevant. Harvey was erudite and yet modest about it. He was a prolific reader and well-informed about art, music, history, philosophy and science. But he was also emotionally aware, a man who took women very seriously, actually a man who secretly believed women were superior to men…
