“This is the trouble with cheating: there are no acceptable rules, or laws. It could be a smile, or dancing to a song that you considered to be indefinably 'ours'. It can feel like cheating to go to a restaurant that you used to go to with someone else. Keeping photographs of exes can infuriate, like retrospective cheating.”

Scottish writer

A. A. Gill, born Adrian Anthony Gill, was a Scottish writer best known for his food and travel writing and for his television work. He was a frequent contributor to major magazines and newspapers, including The Sunday Times, Vanity Fair, GQ, and Esquire. Gill also published numerous books and built a reputation for sharp, observant prose. His work often moved between restaurants, journeys, and contemporary culture, with television adding another public dimension to a varied career.