My first, social visit to see R who lives just around the corner from me. We got on so well and had so much in common. I had not expected when I left home for conversations to include Russian anarchist, geographer and former Bromley resident Peter Kropotkin, British colonialism and Tracey Emin, but it did and was all the better for it. We’ve already arranged next week’s visit.

I hasten to add that the photo is Kropotkin’s house rather than R’s