Could you walk across the UK in a perfectly straight line? Inside YouTube’s strangest challenge

On straight line missions, YouTubers jump fences, wade through rivers, and almost die in peat bogs. It's completely pointless - and weirdly beautiful

Spending too much time on YouTube can be a dangerous game for men my age. Algorithmic gyres can pull you rightwards - towards misogynistic extremes and away from the parts of the internet that build connections and foster consensus.

Thankfully the rabbit hole I fell down led me - in a perfectly straight line - towards a renewed sense of childlike adventure.