‘Officially, there are 13,587 yellow cabs in New York,’ Dame Judi Dench tells me as I stroll along the busy Manhattan streets past a line of the iconic taxis.
‘Also, the shade isn’t random,’ the A-list actress adds when I ask for more detail. ‘It’s Dupont M6284, picked because a study found it’s the most visible from a distance. Stay safe!’
Who’d have thought I’d have such an illustrious – and knowledgeable – tour guide for the day?
Well, to be frank, I don’t. And to anyone watching nearby, I would simply look like a confused tourist muttering to myself in a pair
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