Nothing gives me greater pleasure professionally than positive feedback from the people who are at the centre of my stories. In many ways they are actually the audience I have in mind when I’m writing my features. So it made me very happy – and extremely relieved – to hear from not one but four teachers who work at Cedar Mount School within 12 hours of my TES Roma story coming out yesterday. That’s highly unusual for me – I’m more used to virtual tumbleweeds.

Dominic: “Amazing article. Told the story of our journey with the community so well.”

Andrea: “Thank you for this amazing article!! We have come so far in two years and this is an exciting time for this community and Cedar Mount High School!!”

I posted a copy of the magazine to Samuel Filipache – the star of the show – and his family this morning. I hope they like it too.