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[Error: unknown template qotd]I miss Smith's [John Smith & Son, not W.H.]. I know the university branches remain, but I mean the main branch in Glasgow, in St. Vincent Street, as it was in the 1970s (it went downhill in the latter years before it closed, and service became dire). In those days it was a cave of books, full of fascinating titles everywhere you looked. I could spend hours looking at the SF section (just inside the left-hand door, that was) alone.

[Error: unknown template qotd]Well, actually, on the tube. I think it was the Northern Line, many years ago.

One evening, we were heading home across the city and a couple were sitting opposite us, relaxing comfortably — well, they were sprawled and reclining across several seats. And then the woman took her partner's hand and slowly, very slowly, began to suck his fingers... Everyone else in the carriage was watching, breath bated, while pretending not to. Which she clearly knew and was enjoying.