Me (in red) after prattling on about bollards on Saturday Live on Radio 4 on the BBC.

            Broadcasting House. Photo copyright of the BBC. Saturday Live is presented by Aasmah Mir and Rev Richard Coles. Also there were Keith Brymer Jones, the potter from The Great Pottery Throw down, singer, actor and producer Paul Nicholas and bioarchaeologist Brenna Hassett. I was there as a listener and a photographer of London bollards.

Just to let you know what the backstory is to this. A London archive posted a photo of an old bollard on Twitter. I left a comment saying I had over 200 on my flickr stream. TimeOut magazine saw my comment and then contacted me to say they wanted to do a piece about me. The week the magazine was published BBC Radio London and Radio 4 both emailed to ask me to speak about my weird obsession on their shows. I have also been interviewed by London's Evening Standard, have been contacted by Reuters News Agency and have had a book company contact me about a book on bollards. Moral of the tale be careful before tweeting if you're not ready for your 15 minutes of fame.

Just to add an update to this. Since the photo was taken in March 2017 I have become a vegan (shut up) and have lost 3 stone (42 pounds) in weight. My health has improved amazingly!

Taken on: March 11, 2017

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