Nostalgia Interviews With Chris Deacy

My guest this week is Victoria Mullen, a University of Kent alumnus, who works as a school lay chaplain in Nottingham and whom I taught a decade ago. In this really insightful interview Victoria talks about how she went from managing a restaurant in Canterbury to studying Religious Studies and tells us how she ended up at Kent and what it was like to be interviewed by Robin Gill. Victoria was born in Galway and moved to Kent in the late 1980s. We talk about accents, Victoria’s earliest memories, which pertain to her grandparents’ farm which she often returns to, perceptions of ageing and sexism, whether social media keeps us younger, and whether students are more grown up today than in previous generations. Victoria also recounts her memories of going swimming in Canterbury and being obsessed with Robson & Jerome, and having a penchant for ‘geeky’ music. We talk about the influence of the charts and Victoria reveals the first song she bought, and we find out what happened when she saw Bucks Fizz per