Graduation Day

This is a picture of me graduating from Sheffield last Friday. We had a really good day and at the end of it I was awarded an MA in Imperialism and Culture. As the course was distance learning I didn't know anyone so I was nice and anonymous. It was very different from the last time I graduated way back in '96. There was not the same sense of climax/ anti climax. Instead it just felt like closure on a very challenging but essentially worthwhile period in my life. I especially liked flouncing around in the cap and gown pretending to be Batman. Although I suppose it should be Darth Vader , afterall "I'm the master now".