For Sarah

You still owe me a fiver from 2011. I am not letting this go and neither should you.

Rob

Best boss I ever had. That is the whole message.

Nadia, worked for you 2016 to 2021

Right so I have started this four times. The thing is you drove forty minutes at midnight because I said the word fine in a slightly odd way on the phone, and you never brought it up again. Not once. I do not think you know that I noticed. I noticed.

Priya, your sister

cant believe your leaving mate. who am i meant to talk rubbish to at 4pm now

Si, the desk opposite

You taught me to drive in a Micra with a handbrake that did nothing. I passed first time. You are still alive. Both of these feel like miracles.

Aisha, niece

GRANDMA YOU ARE THE BEST AT CARDS EVEN WHEN YOU CHEAT

Alfie, age 7, wrote this himself

Four house moves. You turned up for all of them, including the one with the piano.

Danny

I have never once seen you refuse a biscuit. It is one of the great consistencies of my life.

Kath

You made me laugh in a hospital corridor on a day when nothing was funny. I have never forgotten it.

Jo

Thank you for the thirty one years. I will not be writing anything funny, you have enough of those.

Mum