Chloe Hadjimatheou

Es ist schwierig für Gareth, zu bemerken, dass so viele Menschen seine Erinnerungen kontradikieren.

Es ist schwierig für Gareth, zu bemerken, dass so viele Menschen seine Erinnerungen kontradikieren.

Es gibt keine Beweise dafür und es klingt ehrlich gesagt ein bisschen paranoid. Aber wir wissen jetzt, dass es hier einen historischen Präzeden gibt, dass Institutionen wie Schulen sexuellen Verbrechen verhindern, um einen Skandal zu vermeiden. Vor allem diejenigen, die fühlen, dass sie eine Reputation zu retten haben.

Es gibt keine Beweise dafür und es klingt ehrlich gesagt ein bisschen paranoid. Aber wir wissen jetzt, dass es hier einen historischen Präzeden gibt, dass Institutionen wie Schulen sexuellen Verbrechen verhindern, um einen Skandal zu vermeiden. Vor allem diejenigen, die fühlen, dass sie eine Reputation zu retten haben.

I haven't read it. I have no idea what it says. I've been waiting for you. I feel like it's... I thought we should read it together. I'm working from home and I've just jumped on a call with my producer Gary because there's been a development. Phoebe from the office just sent me a WhatsApp photo of a large envelope that arrived in the post for me today.

I haven't read it. I have no idea what it says. I've been waiting for you. I feel like it's... I thought we should read it together. I'm working from home and I've just jumped on a call with my producer Gary because there's been a development. Phoebe from the office just sent me a WhatsApp photo of a large envelope that arrived in the post for me today.

And so I said, just open it, I can't possibly wait. And she said, oh, it's very long. And I said, I just don't care, get to the name at the end. What's the name at the end? Because, you know, obviously I feel like I've sent out a hundred odd letters. The name is Mr. D. Tinch, Des Tinch, Gareth's Head of Year. I'd be happy to hear from anyone, but Mr. Tinch is near the top of my list.

And so I said, just open it, I can't possibly wait. And she said, oh, it's very long. And I said, I just don't care, get to the name at the end. What's the name at the end? Because, you know, obviously I feel like I've sent out a hundred odd letters. The name is Mr. D. Tinch, Des Tinch, Gareth's Head of Year. I'd be happy to hear from anyone, but Mr. Tinch is near the top of my list.

He's the teacher that Gareth's mum Philippa says she called in distress when she heard the rumours about Gareth and Miss Bowen. The same teacher who apparently told her the problem would be going away because Sally Ann Bowen was leaving the school. I've sent him a couple of letters and now he's replied with two long pages covered in flawless, swirly writing.

He's the teacher that Gareth's mum Philippa says she called in distress when she heard the rumours about Gareth and Miss Bowen. The same teacher who apparently told her the problem would be going away because Sally Ann Bowen was leaving the school. I've sent him a couple of letters and now he's replied with two long pages covered in flawless, swirly writing.

And he set out his response in neat numbered paragraphs.

And he set out his response in neat numbered paragraphs.

He says Miss Bowen was an iconoclast, a rebel woman pushing boundaries in a male-dominated school.

He says Miss Bowen was an iconoclast, a rebel woman pushing boundaries in a male-dominated school.

Er sagt, er hat nie Gerüchte gehört. Der Headmaster damals, Brian Fletcher, der Sally Ann Bowen sagte, Gareth war einer der Männer, die sie über die Beziehung konfrontiert und dann ihr Kontrakt beendet hat. Er war ein gut respektierter und geliebter Führer der Schule, sagt er.

Er sagt, er hat nie Gerüchte gehört. Der Headmaster damals, Brian Fletcher, der Sally Ann Bowen sagte, Gareth war einer der Männer, die sie über die Beziehung konfrontiert und dann ihr Kontrakt beendet hat. Er war ein gut respektierter und geliebter Führer der Schule, sagt er.

I mean, that is a pretty robust response to what we have said.

I mean, that is a pretty robust response to what we have said.

It's, you know, on the face of it, it feels... The letter has shaken me a bit. Could Gareth and the women in his family have got this all wrong somehow? So I go back to the only physical piece of evidence from the time. That note the family GP took after speaking with Gareth's mum, in which it's clear she spoke to the school about the affair with his teacher.

It's, you know, on the face of it, it feels... The letter has shaken me a bit. Could Gareth and the women in his family have got this all wrong somehow? So I go back to the only physical piece of evidence from the time. That note the family GP took after speaking with Gareth's mum, in which it's clear she spoke to the school about the affair with his teacher.