School Daze with candle creator Alix Mulholland: 'I had a flaming fabulous time at school'

Alix Mullholland

I attended Victoria College Belfast, an all-girls school in South Belfast. It was an all-girls school, with a female principal whose name was Dr Higginson. Girls ruled! We were encouraged to believe that girls could do anything and have any career if you worked hard enough. It was great to be immersed in this environment during my formative years as a teenager.

In primary school we had a nature table, and on it lay a prize blue speckled bird’s egg which I broke after I accidentally examined it a bit too enthusiastically. It had been there for years and it absolutely stank when it broke. I was too scared to confess. Mrs Ingelston if you’re reading this, it was me!