It started in a dark, closed room. Me, alone with some police evidence tapes, spooling through images. Marking up time codes, the numbers burnt into the pictures in a hidden way the public can’t see when they’re transmitted on TV.
Making notes of useful shots we could make into sequences. Seeing with my own eyes the evidence of what happened. What he did. What that man did.
I think you always remember your first big holiday and I recall so much about the first time I went abroad.
I was nine years old and we went to Gran Canaria.
I remember clearly the volcanic landscape and eating paella for the first time. That’s what sticks in my mind. We were staying on my step-uncle’s boat, all crammed in and sleeping head to toe.
My time as a student opened my eyes to the wonder of the world. The value of giving people a chance. How precious it can be to light a spark in someone, to ignite their potential. The importance of diversity. And it fostered my lifelong love of literature…
I was thrilled to be asked by my old college Hertford to write an article about how my time at Oxford helped shape me.
One of the questions posed to me was how do I get inspired to write. I thought for anyone who really does want to know the answer, it would be useful to share the text from my professorial lecture.
I presented a critical analysis of the creative process in 2015 when I officially took up the honour of becoming Visiting Professor of Media, Strategy and Communications at the award winning University of Huddersfield.
Might be worth boiling the kettle and settling down with a cuppa and some hobnobs…
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