I been too candid? Simply by relaying my own American story, did they think I was playing a race card? I couldn’t put my finger on exactly how I’d lost the room, but somehow I’d done just that. And it was imperative that I get it back. “Anyway, enough about all that,” I said, with what I hoped was a self-deprecating chuckle. “The thing to really know is, Opal & Nev are playing Derringdo 2016.”

