I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

I like to imagine there were more of us in the beginning. Not many, I suppose. But more than there are now.

I was born in 1991, and Harry Potter came out in 97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.

Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.

I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkiens legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien.

I'm often daydreaming and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.