A year in moments #21 – Hellraiser

Do you ever have those moments where someone reminds you of something and you have no recollection? Today was one of those times. On a video call this morning, my friend Rachel reminded me of a story from when we were teenagers. Back when we were about 15, apparently I wanted to watch the filmContinue reading “A year in moments #21 – Hellraiser”

School dayz

“Do you know what,” Kim says, coming closer to the screen like she’s telling me a secret, “lockdown hasn’t really changed any element of my life whatsoever. I was already antisocial,” she says with a smirk, “it’s just now I’m doing it on someone else’s terms, so, you know, it’s just like ‘yay, I don’tContinue reading “School dayz”

A year in people #84 – Dyl

It was the first day of secondary school, and I looked around the room to see if I recognised anyone in my class who went on the same school bus as me. Mainly to have someone else to help with figuring out how the whole bus thing worked. As an 11 year old who wasContinue reading “A year in people #84 – Dyl”

A year in people #40 – Vic Makins

We were about 15. Vic and I were in different sets for our GCSE subjects so we decided to write messages to each other in a [pink] notebook and pass it to each other in between classes (because of course this was in the days before mobile phones). The messages were random teenage chit chat,Continue reading “A year in people #40 – Vic Makins”

A year in people #5 – Mr Forster

One of my GCSE subject choices was Business Studies. It sounded so grown up. I had no real idea what I wanted to do but figured it would probably come in handy in adult life in some way. At the beginning of the year we were put in groups to sit together and that’s howContinue reading “A year in people #5 – Mr Forster”