Playwright describes how he lost faith in 'kindness of strangers'The playwright Alan Bennett had revealed his experience of losing £1,500 in a pickpocket scam has left him "less ready to believe in the kindness of strangers".Writing publicly about the June incident for the first time, he describes how he was targeted by thieves who took money he had just withdrawn from the bank.Describing it in the diary he writes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07PM on December 12, 2010