Jessamy Larkin

Corned beef and tomato sauce on buttered white bread. Delicious. My dad used to make these for tea when he was in charge and to this day it tastes like childhood and home.

It doesn't look the same everyday. Sometimes I seem okay,smiley and happy and people think that there is nothing wrong, I'm over it. In fact the truth is this is the first day I've left my bed in 2 weeks, I've lost 7lbs from crying constantly and tomorrow I'll probably go back to… Read More

We drink. It's a big group so the combatants start at opposite sides of the room with buffers and everyone keeping an eye. As the evening goes on drinking happens, we usually end up at a karaoke bar and by the time someone is belting out 'Hero' off key and off beat, it's been hugged… Read More

I visit here with my family every year and stop for fish and chips on the pier. It's fantastic to walk around and smile at people and there's sometimes choirs and things too. Fair warning though it is a residential road and parking gets quite interesting!

I cut my brothers ear off. It sounds impressive... We were reenacting a fairground ride using a swingy office chair and he was annoying me, somehow, as kid brothers do. So I slammed the chair to a halt sending him flying and he slammed his head into the radiator. Rather than a quick… Read More

Philip Larkin ' This Be the Verse'. Everyone knows the fabulous opening lines. . They fuck you up, your mum and dad / They don't mean to but they do. But far stronger are two lines of the last verse... Man hands on misery to man / It deepens like a coastal shelf. I love those… Read More