The third line of Lynn Barber's profile of Goldie in The Guardian:

"A few weeks ago, he was standing at the fish counter in Waitrose, Berkhamsted, when an elderly couple came up and said: 'You were magnificent!'"

That Hertfordshire-as-hardcore-continuum-stronghold syndrome in full effect, again.

It can only be a matter of time before he runs into my mum and dad....


^^^^^^^

Even more Goldie, here interviewed by Paul Morley re. their parallel plunges into the world of classical music.