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Hot summer nights

True tales of transformation, enlightenment, passion and perspiration

24 August 2021

  • El Lago Verde, Lanzarote

    Hot summer nights: ‘Lost in Lanzarote’s mountains, I cried harder than I can ever remember crying’

  • Phil Daoust

    Hot summer nights: ‘In my lonely shack I’d hear footsteps and think of axe murderers’

23 August 2021

  • Remona Aly in the desert

    Hot summer nights: ‘In the insomnia of the Sahara, I faced my demons’

  • Bioluminescence

    Hot summer nights: ‘On the phosphorescent sea, I realised I was just a tiny part of something bigger’

22 August 2021

  • Adrian Chiles and his brother in Australia in 1988

    Hot summer nights: ‘My brother brought friends to marvel at the awful state of my body’

    First I got sunburn, then one of the worst cases of chickenpox the doctor had ever seen. I was supposed to be on holiday, yet I was the tourist attraction

20 August 2021

  • Daniel Lavelle in Australia

    Hot summer nights: ‘I sat naked against the freezer, shoe in hand, prepared for the worst’

  • Woman with box full of belongings leaving a job

    Hot summer nights: ‘I hated my job – but did I really want to be fired?’

19 August 2021

  • Stuart Heritage and his sons camping

    Hot summer nights: ‘My family was running on fumes – like a dummy I took them camping’

  • Young friends dancing on a beach at sunset

    Hot summer nights: ‘At a festival for the first time, I felt autonomous, desirable and free’

18 August 2021

  • Morwenna Ferrier in Italy.

    Hot summer nights: ‘I was alone on holiday, and this was my last night on the island …’

  • Ammar Kalia and his father, pictured in Lisbon

    Hot summer nights: ‘I took my dad clubbing – and it brought my family back together’

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