In recent weeks, the new Netflix documentary series Adolescence has stirred widespread conversation and deep concern. It’s raw, unflinching, and painfully honest, highlighting the struggles of British boys growing up amid toxic masculinity, gang culture, and a lack of meaningful guidance.

Every character in Fingley World has a story, a piece of real-life inspiration woven into their very being. Some appear suddenly, as if they’ve always existed, waiting to be written, while others take shape over time, crafted by experience, memory, and the places that leave a lasting imprint on the soul.

Imagination is a powerful thing. It takes the fragments of our experiences, both beautiful and difficult, and transforms them into something new. For me, Grednor was never just an idea plucked from thin air.