I opened my mouth to say something but Chris shook his head slightly at me, indicating that he was going to take the question. ‘We didn’t all go together last year, or the year before that. Josh went with Tom, if you remember.’ ‘Yes, but that’s different,’ said Matilda. ‘That was because you said...
Just stand huddling together in the same spot in the park where I have been all afternoon. I feel close to Ella here, simply because it is the last place that I saw her. It’s almost as if, if I wish hard enough, I might be able to make her rematerialise in front of my eyes at any moment. She won’...
I lowered my voice, the possibility that the Head had bugged the staffroom was something I had not yet discounted. ‘I couldn’t be more serious.’ ‘But what will Frodo say?’ ‘I don’t give a toss what he says. All the campaigning will be done in my spare time, I won’t name the school in my election ...