I was stopped in the street today by a man who asked "Excuse me, but do you hold a world record in memory?"
It's quite a long time since I've been recognised like that - I haven't been on telly for much too long - so I was delighted to answer "Yes, I do! Um, well, I did. Long ago."
And it turns out he knew me because he's doing a degree in psychology and they're studying the science of memory (or whatever James Paterson used to call it)! I'm delighted to know that modern-day students are being taught from such outdated textbooks that they still think I'm a world record holder! AND that these textbooks include a picture of me so that people who encounter me can immediately recognise me!
(Actually, it was probably a video rather than a textbook. Modern students probably don't even use textbooks any more. I really am an old man...)
