Elizabeth Day
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I had rented with my ex.
And when things ended, I left almost everything.
I was like, all I need is a bag of clothes and the things that I know are mine and that are very meaningful to me.
But I left with barely anything.
Like physical objects, I suddenly realised...
were not important.
Was it like shedding?
It was like shedding and it was so liberating.
It was terrifying and it was also liberating because I'd always been someone who was so attached.
And so that was a really wonderful opportunity because we had space to decide...
How we wanted our home to look and feel.
I made his waistcoat when I must have been about eight or nine.
So that waistcoat is 40 years old.
Even him looking at me makes me so emotional.
Thomas is my bear from when I was the age of four.
And he's obviously deeply special to me for that reason alone.
But I remember, it's probably one of my earliest memories.
I was born and spent the first four years of my life in Epsom, Surrey.