Sir Lenny Henry

And the next day, all you heard coming up the road was... My mum approaching the school.

I want to talk to the teacher who kicked my son.

Pfft!

He's going to get the peace of my mind.

And one and two bitch licks.

Where is he?

And Mr. **** hid.

He hid in the art room in the cupboard.

He never came out till my mum left.

Was it easier?

More bullying, but more serious this time.

So all the names and ultraviolence as well.

And this is why my mum had said, you've got to learn to talk to people, because if you don't, you're going to just be fighting all the day.

And I didn't want to fight all the time.

It was tiring.

And then this one day, this kid, because he called me all the names, and then he'd hit me, and then we'd be on the playground rolling around.

And...

This is when I was about 14 and a half and a light bulb went on over my head and I just thought, this is unsustainable.

And I just said, you must really like me because we're always rolling around on the floor together.

And all the people who usually shouted, fight, fight, fight, laughed spontaneously.