TOM UTLEY: Somewhere there exists a snap of me, taken on a school trip to Greece in the late 1960s when I was 15 years old. In the fashion of the time, my hair is almost shoulder-length, and parted in the middle. I'm wearing a pair of duck‑egg blue, flared trousers and a pink, flowery shirt, bought for me in Carnaby Street. If I ever lay my hands on that photograph, which I fear may have found its way into an album belonging to one of my siblings, I shall certainly destroy it. My trouble was I was trying to look cool, so as to fit in with my schoolmates on the trip. I realise now, at this distance of more than half a century, that I succeeded only in looking ridiculous. ...read
TOM UTLEY: The photo that taught me life's most valuable lesson: Try to be cool and you'll end up looking ridiculous
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