The openness of talking to strangers – and the intimate stories they share

The stories people tell me about their lives can be funny, surprising, tragic or shocking – and some stay with me for yearsI can distinctly remember being in the back seat of the family car on a long journey (to Devon probably – that drive felt interminable), looking at all the other cars full of people and thinking, “Where on earth are they all going and why?” As my eyes went funny trying to keep up with the traffic flicking past, it blew my mind to imagine everyone as t