PETE PAPHIDES
Pete Paphides is a music journalist, record collector and broadcaster. Catch him on Soho Radio every Tuesday, 12-2pm
Assuming my wife doesn’t come to her senses between the completion of this column and its publication, this Valentine’s Day will also mark 25 years since we decided to go steady as a couple. I’d like to be able to say that I won her over by the sheer force of my personality, but if you’ve met me and you’ve met her, you’ll know better.