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Jack Kessler

Punched in the face and my phone stolen — this is what I learned

In the split second between being sucker-punched and falling to the ground, I had a thought that will confirm your worst fears about every columnist. Whatever is happening to me right now, could it be an idea for a comment piece? 

As it transpired, two young men wanted my phone and anything else of value I had in my possession (two battered copies of the New Yorker and a stick of gum).

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