Gareth Waters News Today

Both my first name and surname have always been a challenge for people to pronounce. Throughout school, teachers would make a complete hash of it whenever I was called up to the front during assembly. So, when I graduated from Queen’s University in Belfast, I was astounded when the vice chancellor got it right. My

‘I thought about how I had tricked everyone into thinking I was hard, that I could handle myself, without ever having to throw a punch.’ An extract from Close to Home by Michael Magee.