Central Park Written on the Subway Wall I’ve never been a particular fan of Simon and Garfunkel, but I have always had a terrific respect for them, in the same way as you don’t want to read Vanity Fair or Pendennis every week, but Thackeray was a brilliant novelist all the same. Art Garfunkel has the most amazing singing voice and Paul Simon is an immensely skilled and inspired songwriter. When seeking musical solace or entertainment, I don’t necessarily seek them out, but when I do hear something by them, I like it. Perhaps their most famous work is the album Bridge Over Troubled Water , and I have the same objection to that as I have mentioned for other iconic musical works. I just heard it played over and over again until I was heartily sick of it. As a young teenager, I remember visiting my cousin in Linwood in the west of Scotland and having to spend hours in his bedroom li...