Nostalgia - A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's

family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.

Saturday mornings in the late 80’s and early 90’s were eagerly anticipated all week by an entire generation of 3 channel kids. Shows like Scratch Saturday, Wacaday and Live and Kicking were the main staples of that era. luckily, I recently met up with the presenter of Wacaday - the fantastic Timmy Mallett, and we had a portrait session together. The series will form part of a larger project that I’m currently working on around the idea of nostalgia - how it is formed and then how it remains with us throughout Adulthood.

Nostalgia permeates through every piece of media we ingest, be it through advertising, music or entertainment. In an ever-changing world perhaps we long for those 3 channels.

Or at the very least we romanticise a simpler time, which is something that every generation is surely guilty of.