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Low life

Drugs, whipping, decomposing bodies and fighting in toilets: so that’s what Spectator readers get up to

They make my ‘low’ life seem incredibly tame

27 June 2015

9:00 AM

27 June 2015

9:00 AM

Ninety-two readers (thank you!) sent accounts of their worst debacles on drink or drugs. I printed out each one and clipped it into a ring binder. Last Thursday afternoon I made a pot of tea, opened the file, and settled down for a good read. The first sentence of the first entry was: ‘Priggish as it sounds, I am ashamed of the lesbian orgy I initiated while off my nut on champagne.’

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