Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

How I found salvation in a church in Torquay

Before jogging to the altar rail for the cup and wafer I knelt and apologised for everything

issue 15 February 2020

Last Tuesday a Mistral wind blowing across the Bay of Angels jerked the plane all over the shop as it circled to land. The French lady in the next seat but one to mine vomited raucously and copiously on the carpet and a speedy boarder sprinted for the toilet. A second before the wheels should have touched down on the runway at Nice, the pilot had second thoughts and accelerated the plane back up into the air.

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