A year's worth of being turned down for work could get a guy down. But not me! An obvious solution presented itself: to offer my services for free. Hooray! Not great for finances, but who needs money in this bright new age of pennilessness and social collapse?

So I approached the nearby-yet-two-hour-bus-ride-away Maidstone Museum unsolicited and unqualified to provide my assistance. Okay, not entirely true, an old friend of mine from primary school works with them. Still, turning...