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25 Years on with Lucinda Adam
The feeling a being a pupil at the school you attended never really leaves you, so we all felt a thrill walking the corridors and exploring the classrooms at Brighton Girls 25 years on. So much was familiar, but also so new, modernised, brighter and bolder. While we hadn’t seen each other in many years, the familiarity of our shared school experience also remained. After a chatty lunch we spoke to both the junior and senior school about our careers and our journeys.
Jennie Lees told us about designing the school’s first website when she was 15 and going on to design video games and training programs to teach robots how to learn in a virtual world. Imogen Wade revealed how reading a story in the school magazine about an older girl travelling on the Trans-Siberian railway had kickstarted her academic career exploring Russia and publishing, among other things, a book on the country’s economy. Poppy Roe told us how she sustains her successful acting career by writing and producing her own films alongside other acting work. Lizzie Lyons explained how her passion for teaching had shone through despite initially choosing another career path. Having retrained in her mid-twenties, her enthusiasm really showed and we all agreed she had the most challenging and rewarding job. I talked about the role of journalism in our changing world and how much the way we work and the way audiences consume news had changed over 25 years.
We all spoke about how your career is not a straight path, but a meandering road. I concluded our talks by saying “Where there’s a will (and some hard work) there’s a way”. It seemed all of us had found a way to follow what interested us most, to create opportunities ourselves or to grab that ones that unexpectedly appeared. We also reflected on the added challenge of juggling careers with young children in recent years, and how you can find ways to adapt. It felt like a good message to pass on.
After answering some insightful and fun questions, we had tea with some current sixth formers. They were an impressive bunch, all full of dreams and drive. A wonderful way to round off International Women’s Day.
As more of our former pupils joined us for the evening, it was wonderful to hear about everybody’s journeys and plans. There as so much laughter as we looked through old photos and school magazines. Now we’ve reconnected, we’re all hoping to see more of each other when possible.
Thank to Lizzie, Rosie and Rebecca for organising such a wonderful reunion, and we hope to see you again!
Lucinda Adam Class of 2000
Celebrating with our alumnae - a student perspective
The talks were extremely helpful as they allowed the students to see what they can achieve coming from a girls school in Brighton. Which is pretty much anything that you set your mind to!
– Yara Y12
