I have a tendency to come across as very distant and very spaced out – it doesn’t impact my relationships with people, so I don’t let it bother me. What does bother me is people assuming I don’t realise this when I do, partly because I’ve always been this way. I’ve constantly felt the need to jump into an imaginary world, be that a world created by someone else or a world created by myself. My adoration for Lewis Caroll’s characterisation of Alice stems from her endearing cur