Two women and a man are talking, one of the women, who from the conversation works in a some kind of residential home:

… well, I have one, who recently made a compliant about a member of staff, who, she accused, was a vicar who dressed as a nazi.

15th September 2004

Train from Stratford to Manor Park

The two halves of a fox lay either side of the railway line, cut, almost with surgical precision, by the wheels of some train.

18th July 2004

Manor Park Station, London E12

2 guys talking in line waiting for a cash machine:

I’m still in love with the girl I fell in love with .... and lost.

8th June 2004

Liverpool St Station, London EC2

An elderly woman with a young boy comes down the stairs to the train platform, holding his hand.

As the train draws in to the station the child asks:

Is daddy driving the train ?

She looks into the train drivers carriage and says:

No, not this one.

26th May 2004

Manor Park Station, London E12

I am standing on a ladder reaching up into the branches of a tree, installing my work Silver Hands for the show What’s That in the Woods ? In a nearby car park, a young man stands by a car, shouting at the driver. He slams his coat down on the car bonnet as the driver gets out. They square up, throw several brief punches and stop fighting. After a few seconds, the driver returns to the car. The young man once again stands by the car, shouts at the driver and slams his coat on the car bonnet. Again, the driver gets out of the car, they both square up, throw several punches, then stop fighting.

Then, and only then, does a sound boom come into view, and a number of others, who are variously, a cameraman, a sound recordist, the director and a group of other actors, applaud.

23rd June 2004

Millfield Arts Centre, Edmonton, London N17

A young woman is talking on the mobile, she is calling, probably a woman, who she perhaps does not know. The woman’s phone number was listed on a mobile phone belonging to a mutual male friend. This friend has been beaten up, and perhaps left for dead in Epping Forest. It seems that he had taken a considerable sum of money from his bank account and had then gone missing.

June, 2004

Train from Stratford to Manor Park, London

Changeover of bus drivers on board a bus:

I guess there will be a collection.

I will call his wife.

He was a nice bloke, too.

18th May 2004

Penzance Bus Station, Cornwall, South West England

A young man chatting to his friend Scotty on the mobile:

Had a lovely evening in London last night, saw Paul. He’s off to Singapore to see a girl. She’s less than a girlfriend, but more than a ...... but I cant say that word as I’m on the train.

11th May 2004

Train, Victoria Station to Ramsgate, South East England

A wet and windy day. A man lies face down on the wet pavement, doing an idiosyncratic series of press-ups. This involves raising and lowering his upper body and keeping his legs flat against the ground.

30th May 2004

Hoe St, London E17

An articulated lorry waits in traffic. Seated in the passenger seat, wearing a yellow florescent jacket and hardhat, is a full size toy black bear.

27th April 2004

Regent Street, London W1