I was telling a friend what a treasure Irving Finkel is, and she turned around and said “He’s my uncle”. England can be a small country sometimes.

I saw him give a live talk at Boring Conference a few years ago and the way his beard quivers in person is really quite something. Extremely hard to not warm to the man immediately.

Love to do that once with him! Don't think I have seen in him in the wild at the museum. I did see Tom Holland (the author) in Member's Room once