I was meant to post this weeks ago, better late than never. I was 15 in 1980, but I wasn’t allowed to wear make-up until I was 16 (thanks dad). So, on my 16th birthday off to Boots I go (with my mum of course). I was only allowed the basics, so I got face… Read more

Don’t know if anybody watches Ackley Bridge, I do, from the start. Its about a secondary school in a working class, deprived area somewhere in the north of England. Couple of weeks ago one of the kids got a place at Oxford, everybody was made up, her, her family, best mate, teachers. What an achievement.… Read more