The A1, Britain’s longest numbered road, is an artery that connects as much as it divides. It begins near St Paul’s in the City of London, zipping north through the suburbs of Bedfordshire, the industrial East Midlands, north east England and the east coast of Scotland, ending around 410 miles later in Edinburgh. Dench travelled it’s length photographing the eclectic characters he met along the way; in truck stops and cafes, temples and homes, businesses and bars. It provided him with a route of certainty in a time of tumult, through a nation on the verge.