Chloe Hadjimatheou

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.

I don't think it says specifically Des Tinch. Her memory is of Des Tinch. I'm pretty sure Gareth's gonna have a really strong reaction to Mr. Tinch's letter, but I brace myself and I send him a copy. A couple of days later, he comes into the studio armed with several A4 pages of notes. He spends hours clinically dissecting what he takes issue with, line by line, until eventually he needs a break.

I don't think it says specifically Des Tinch. Her memory is of Des Tinch. I'm pretty sure Gareth's gonna have a really strong reaction to Mr. Tinch's letter, but I brace myself and I send him a copy. A couple of days later, he comes into the studio armed with several A4 pages of notes. He spends hours clinically dissecting what he takes issue with, line by line, until eventually he needs a break.

Go have a fag first. Okay. Okay. It's only when he stands up to leave that he finally opens up.

Go have a fag first. Okay. Okay. It's only when he stands up to leave that he finally opens up.

Sit down for a sec, sit down. Gary, are you still recording? Just tell me about your mum, just very quickly.

Sit down for a sec, sit down. Gary, are you still recording? Just tell me about your mum, just very quickly.

Hi, es ist Chloe.

Hi, es ist Chloe.