Appetite for distraction

In a world packed full of people, we don’t need a demonic afterlife: it’s all right here for us, right now

Is a Ryanair flight one of the seven circles of Hell? Possibly

Hell is other people.

I recently took packed Ryanair flights four days apart to and from a popular sun-holiday destination, so I feel almost overqualified to make that statement. Hell is other people on Ryanair flights. Hell is other people at the airport. Hell is the woman at security wearing 17 belts, arguing that a bottle of water doesn’t count as a liquid. Hell is the man barrelling down the aisle of the ...