It’s perhaps somewhat sobering to realise, but it is now more than 30 years since I first visited America. I remember it vividly. I was at high school, in Blackpool, Lancashire. At the time I was fascinated by US culture and had a burning desire to see America firsthand. Recognising this, my dad was able to organise a trip for he and I to go to New York. It was December 1993 and to quote U2, I still remember from the moment, “we touched
