And I'm A Hailsham Student

And I'm A Hailsham Student - Which Is Enough By Itself Sometimes To Get People's Backs Up.

I Felt Slightly Superior To Student Politics, For Instance. I Had No Reason To Think This, But I Thought Of Myself As Slightly More Seasoned. I Became Quite Cynical Talking To My Student Friends.

I Think Of My Pile Of Old Paperbacks, Their Pages Gone Wobbly, Like They'd Once Belonged To The Sea.

It Had Never Occurred To Me That Our Lives, Which Had Been So Closely Interwoven, Could Unravel With Such Speed.

It Is One Of The Enjoyments Of Retirement That You Are Able To Drift Through The Day At Your Own Pace, Easy In The Knowledge That You Have Put Hard Work And Achievement Behind You.