In 'Broad Lines Narrow Margins' Ian Meacheam gives us a whole series of insights into the lives of people observed in passing, some with surprising twists to them and others revealing the extraordinary in the normal.
"The most challenging part...is to not be discovered by the people you're watching and more importantly by the friends and family you're supposed to be with and paying attention to. My other skill is in multi-tasking - appearing to be engaged in or leading the conversation and banter around the table while I'm observing the tell-tale signs and behaviours of others around me. . It's just a hobby of mine. Surely a man must have a hobby and it is, after all, just human nature to be inquisitive, is it not?"