When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens.
“It was actually a very nice little book done by a gift book company. They illustrated it with pictures from 1920s football, before there were face guards.”
“One of my very greatest fears as a child was being ridiculed in public. And there it was coming true. As a television presenter, I'd been respected. People come up to you in the street and shake your hand and talk to you in a respectful way.”