

I have always prided myself on my dedication to sun protection.
My skin is so pale my features basically disappear if you use a flash camera. My friends joke I have a “moon tan”. I’m so white the snowflakes are jealous.
So it’s always been necessary to take measures to avoid sun damage, especially here in Australia where the sun is diabolical. I could probably get sunburnt on a rainy day in midwinter – this is the kind of skin I’m dealing with.
Sun safety was drilled into me as a child by my mother, who’d smother my pale limbs and face in 15+ (that’s all there was at the time!), and ensure I’d put on my cap with a flap that covered my neck before I left for school in the mornings.
