I have some very well-scattered cousins. Australia, Germany, Switzerland and many parts of England. All originating from a small area of east London, with valuable additional genetic input from north Essex in the form of Ivor. As far as I know, this diasporation (surely not a word?) was for entirely non-criminal reasons. They slip back in from time to time though (the Border Control Agency is very overworked, apparently) and Simon and Jan were here from Australia recently. Simon and I popped over to Ivor’s for a chat and some very nice biscuits.

Ivor and Simon.