'I had never felt more invisible in my life.' James O'Brien reflects on the 'utterly soul-destroying' invisibility he felt when he spent an afternoon selling the Big Issue. mrjamesob
James O'Brien reflected on the "utterly soul-destroying" invisibility he felt when he spent an afternoon selling the Big Issue, after Prince William was spotted selling the magazine this week by shocked bystanders.wearing the red uniform recognisable to so many as one of the magazine's vendersHe stopped for a picture with a surprised passerby and was photographed grinning as he tried to sell him a copy.
James told listeners of the time that he sold the Big Issue on an afternoon in Covent Garden in 2016."I have never felt - actually until I became the father of teenage girls - I had never felt more invisible in my life than when I tried to sell the Big Issue. "And it's not until you're in that sort of scenario, that you realise how utterly... soul destroying it is to be invisible.
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