From primary school teacher to author of a stage hit, the author is now subject of a V&A exhibition celebrating his workTwo sides, 45 minutes. Get on with it. Detention if you don't finish. This was my introduction to writing stories at my junior school in west London. Usually, the teacher would write a title for us on the blackboard. "Giraffe", maybe, or "Lost". I struggled for an idea, for words, for the confid…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM on July 15, 2017