Much ta, Bill

As does the book - it's going on the Christmas list!

Edit: I have now had a proper listen - the most inspiring 20 minutes I've spent in a very long while. David Simon is a credit to his profession & to his nation of origin.

Simon makes prose sing:
'At best, our metropolises are the ultimate aspiration of community, the repository for every myth and hope of people clinging to the sides of the ever-more-fragile pyramid that is capitalism. At worst, our cities – or those places in our cities where most of us fear to tread – are vessels for the darkest contradicts and most brutal competitions that underlie the way we actually live together, or fail to live together.'