Seen on public transport: woman, 20s, bruised, dishevelled. What would you do?

Saturday, early evening. It’s 5.20pm and we’re on the Northern Line, travelling north from London Bridge. High Barnet branch, if you were…

Credit: Alexandre Dubiève

Saturday, early evening. It’s 5.20pm and we’re on the Northern Line, travelling north from London Bridge. High Barnet branch, if you were wondering — not that it matters, but details add a little something, don’t you think? Je ne sais quoi. Evocative.

I wish I could recall how it smelt, but I don’t. In the context, that’s probabl…