I didn't get along very well with this at first and I asked myself why I keep trying to read books of personal essays instead of fiction which is what I like. But actually it's just that there are some stories which feel more relevant than others. 20-something Spittal Street is written in a disjointed way so that I had to re-read it to follow but it ended up being one of my favourites. Little Gless Box grabbed me instantly and really captures the tragi-comedy of being a young queer person. Jeff Meek's personal but also academic description of the gay scene in Glasgow was also interesting as it laid the foundations for the scene that I discovered 10 years later.