English and History is a subversive romance, set in a Scottish town, two estranged friends, both English teachers, reconnect through adversity and their shared love of books. 'Chris, what can I do? Don't say fuck off because I won't, but what can I do?' I want him to shut up, to go away, I clamp my hands over my ears. ‘Maybe it would help if you called Eilidh? Maybe she's just scared to call you?' I curl tighter into a foetal shape beneath the quilt, shielding my face. How ca