by Liz Champion | Oct 18, 2019 | Memoir
‘I WANT an airport experience,’ I tell Chris, three weeks before our summer holiday. ‘I want to browse the shops and have breakfast. We need to be ready.’ ‘I’m always ready,’ he says. ‘It’s you that never is.’ ‘I will be.’ I’m amazed at how confident I sound. ‘You say...
by Liz Champion | Oct 11, 2019 | Memoir
‘THERE’S a cicada down my top.’ I say the words calmly, trying not to make a scene in front of the other passengers. But then it starts vibrating. ‘Get it out!’ I pull at my top, trying but failing to scoop it out. The cicada vibrates even more, its noisy...
by Liz Champion | Jul 5, 2019 | Memoir
I’M settling down to watch Killing Eve on catch up when the email comes through. It’s from the university, the one I’ve been studying at for what feels like forever. It says there’s an update waiting for me on the official university system. Immediately my heart jumps...
by Liz Champion | Jun 28, 2019 | Memoir
I WALK into work on Monday morning and my boss is almost jumping off her chair she’s that excited. ‘I’ve lost four-and-a-half pounds in my first week at fat club!’ she tells me, clapping her hands together and grinning. ‘That’s fantastic. Well done!’ I sit down,...
by Liz Champion | Jun 21, 2019 | Memoir
IT’S Saturday, a week before I’m taking part in a local trail relay race and I don’t know the route. All I know is that I start at point A (Cannon Hall) and finish at point B (the Yorkshire Sculpture Park). I know how to get from A to B on the road, but this is...
