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Woman holding a fork and bowl of salad

Elisavet: The fork I can’t throw out

Posted on 15 July 201620 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
I’ve kept it for 15 years so I should keep it for a few more. My Dad had it from the late 60s when he moved to Sweden. He bought it in Sweden. He only had a knife, a fork and a spoon. And this is th... Read More
Author Sunny Singh with Grandmother's prayer beads

Sunny: Hanging on to childhood memories

Posted on 8 July 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
"At one point they used to remind me of her, now I’m not quite sure what they remind me of, I mean they’re just something I hang on to I suppose because they kind of remind me of my childhood now.... Read More
Tennis coach, Julian Cousins sitting on a bench at a tennis court holding a racket

Julian: The scars that remind me how lucky I am to be alive

Posted on 14 May 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
It was a very, very black time that I had to go through. But I wouldn’t have it any other way because all that I’ve got right now, pretty much, has come from that. The cancer’s never too far awa... Read More
Eugene Marshall, President of the Students' Union at the Royal College of Music, plays the piano

Eugene: The piece of music that cured my writer’s block

Posted on 26 April 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
"I had crippling writer’s block. It had been haunting me for about 15 months, whereby I just couldn’t write anything. It wasn’t permeating just my musical creativity but my entire being. And all... Read More
Lovejit Dhaliwal looking over the top of her notebook

Lovejit: The notebook where I write about what I see

Posted on 4 April 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
"It’s the one thing where I think I can truly be myself, in that I can write anything down - how I’m feeling, what’s got me angry, why I’m pissed off with someone or with this particular situa... Read More
Sarah Slade with Dog on Wheels - a toy dog on wheels

Sarah: Dog on Wheels, a battered family heirloom

Posted on 26 March 201610 July 2016 by Nicola Albon
"Dog On Wheels was a Christmas present for my mum in about 1948. My Mum rode him to death and then he got presented to me when I was a baby. We didn’t have very much. We were functionally homeless u... Read More

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