Tears Over Breakfast

‘The problem with him is he suffers from sexual anxiety’, says one bellman to another as I pass them on my way to the Art Institute. That’s a pretty sophisticated level of conversation, I think to myself. ‘Hello. Welcome to “Working With Ceramic Tableware”. My name is Emma Biggs and for more than fifteen years [...]

A Lot On My Plate

I lie in the hotel bed. It is 3.30 am. I am exhausted but sleep eludes me. Tomorrow I teach ‘Working With Ceramic Tableware’. I will be in the classroom at 6.45am. We start at 8.00. Twenty trusting faces look up at me and … what? I think about my preparations of the previous day. [...]