Professor David Mayer shares his name with an Isis operative. And David Mayer, emeritus professor of drama at Manchester University, believes this strange case of mistaken identity has meant interrupted work, lost post and at least one frustrating travel delay. The real David Mayer, who moved to Manchester after marrying a British woman, has had a long career as an academic and has lived at the same address for four decades, since the year the militant “David Mayer” was born in Chechnya. Both were eventually cleared to fly again but David Mayer has not even managed to find, let alone get off, the list that is causing his problems. A package addressed to Professor David Mayer was returned to sender just last month.

Source: The Guardian December 16, 2018 09:00 UTC