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The schoolday I'll never forget

Writers on their most memorable day in the classroom and beyond

  • ‘I lived in fear of never making a friend.’ Zoe Williams in her primary-school days.

    The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘A teacher smashed my friend’s nose with a rounders bat’

    In primary school, I had a friend who I wanted to keep all to myself. Then fate intervened, in an unexpected and unfortunate way, to make it happen
  • Diane Abbott as a schoolchild

    The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘I had no idea how pivotal passing the 11-plus would be’

  • ‘The exact plot details of our masterpiece are lost to posterity but, as the title suggests, Mr Cooper got murdered.’

    The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘I staged a play and caused a riot’

  • Tim Dowling, top left, and siblings

    The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘Our dog followed us to school - to be greeted by the dogcatcher’

  • Jacqueline Wilson

    The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘Our teacher broke all the rules and took us for a wild day out’

  • Peter White  - sitting down with his brother Colin standing behind - handout 20210826 102713

    The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘I hitchhiked 100 miles home from my school for the blind’

  • Chitra Ramaswamy Chitra, Galia, Suzanna.

    The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘We were told about periods – and I wanted to disappear’

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