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Letter: Some of us can tell people apart by how they walk (2)

Published 7 October 2020

From Andrew Shead, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks was ahead of its time in promoting countermeasures to gait analysis. The masked man hirpling down The Strand isn’t necessarily the Lord moving in mysterious ways, but a concerned citizen who wishes to remain anonymous.

Issue no. 3303 published 10 October 2020

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