Framestore, London, 16 December 2025

31 Dec 2025

My last booking of 2025 was for Cosy Life Drawing London – that is, the animators of Framestore at the lower level of their Chancery Lane studios. Lots of short poses, loads of props, great playlist, brilliant art, wine and cake at the interval… a lovely way to finish a marvellous year of being a model.

Truth be told, modelling and travel have kept me upbeat in what otherwise may have been one of the top three toughest years of my life, if not the outright worst. After last year, however, when I probably could have said the same thing, I’m getting used to it. It’s not habitual self-pity, just separations and inevitable loss in life as we get older.

I’ve never been a natural-born optimist yet curiously now, in spite of everything, I find myself looking forward with positivity. Challenges of the past two years have all either settled down or resolved. I have my health (fingers-crossed) and my home. Finances are in pretty good shape. And there’s been a psychological shift.

The shift comes from a sudden realisation that, aside from those with whom I confirm modelling bookings, for the first time in my life I have no responsibility to anybody but myself. I’ll try to be a good person, I’ll help family and friends when I can, but crucially no-one relies on me or has expectations of me beyond bureaucracy. I’m not needed.

Depending on a person’s disposition, that could be a depressing thought. For me, it’s liberating. I’m free. If I’m not around, life will still go on with barely a blip for all those I care about. It means I too can go on, further and freer than ever, to do as much or as little as I wish. I’m looking ahead… starting with model work on 4, 5, 6 January. 🙂

Happy New Year!