In this week’s Confessions series, Lee Davy talks about the age old saying that you are the sum total of the five people you spend the most time with.

I once bumped into my old English teacher in the fruit and veg section at the local supermarket. I was a nuisance when I was younger, so I apologised to her.

She burst into tears.

In between the bubbling mess and the sprouts I heard something like this: “There were many nights when I would go home, after teaching you, and I would cry and cry and cry.”