… She's on her way to work, yet walks in work's opposite direction for the extra half hour of daylight this route gives her. The tube at Tottenham Hale swallows her whole. She emerges in Oxford Street's stale air twenty minutes later and walks through the back streets to Soho Square. The walking boots aren't necessary; indeed ludicrous in the West End, but they give her bounce. Her back pack frees her arms to swing and loosen a body stiffened with the last three months of sitting in front of screens….
by Jan Woolf
Jan likes to write - and runs Rootball Productions, a rennaissance woman outfit that organises cultural and political events, exhibitions and creative writing programmes for children deemed 'difficult'. She has been an art and special needs teacher, fundraiser and, briefly, a film examiner. Mother of one, she has a distinction in painting from Gypsy Hill College, MA in human rights education and a Diploma in 'Creative Writing and Personal Development from Sussex'. She was shortlisted for the Asham Womens short story award in 2005, published book reviews, written and produced drama for the Hackney Empire and is a regular reader of her fiction on Radio Resonance Late Late Breakfast show.
