Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

Would this Marseille-bound flight be the death of me?

As the chap I was wedged against coughed and sneezed his mask awry, I look out of the window and thought about dying

I had hoped we would find the passengers evenly distanced, but here we were packed in as usual like tinned anchovies. Credit: Getty Images/JEFFREY GROENEWEG / Contributor 
issue 15 August 2020
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