Sundays were deadly, the generation gap between parents and their kids was enormous, and a pint cost 50p. The frisson of casual violence was everywhere. When I left school and set off to travel, I had no sense at all of where I was going or what I would find I am wandering down a steep and unfa...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/oct/22/18-again-i-returned-to-my-life-in-1983-to-reckless-adventures-in-a-world-soaked-in-alcohol)