Ben Nevis is a big hill in Scotland. Scotland isn’t exactly a country, but is part of the United Kingdom. The Romans couldn’t really be arsed with Scotland when they showed up in Britain – they figured it wasn’t worth the bother, and hung out further south in places like England. I am English. When […]

Fastest lift of the day: 150 miles from a Glaswegian speed freak who arrived so fast that he took me out of his way into the centre of Glasgow to kill time before meeting his friends. Shortest lift of the day: once around a roundabout while my driver and I figured out that we wanted

I didn’t notice the hypodermic at first – my mind was preoccupied with the mystery of the sweater and the opened can of Budweiser that sat on the pavement beside it. The arms of the rusty brown sweater were splayed on the paving stones as if the owner was fending off an attack when she