I feel so blessed to have been Catherine’s friend and have been part of her life since Collingwood sixth form, for over 40 years. We shared love of travel, culture, the arts, gardening, cocktails, piercings, adventures, naughtiness, music, dance, scrabble, the beach and water, and so much more. I loved our deep, silly, controversial, irreverent, searching, educational, funny conversations. Nothing was off limits. Catherine regaled us with funny stories of classroom antics, her sophisticated vocabulary sprinkled with street talk, her no-nonsense approach mixed with great sensitivity, lots of layers and lots of complexities and simplicity. Being in Catherine’s company was exciting and never ever dull. My life has been immeasurably enriched by seeing life through Catherine’s lense, she was insightful, inspiring, colourful, funny, intelligent, witty, brave, vivacious, feisty, gentle, strong, loving, kind, vulnerable, sensual, compassionate and beautiful. Her sense of style and artistic expression through every medium was legendary - presentation of food and drinks were picture perfect, her decor so stylish, her photography captured the essence of the moment and was just truly gorgeous. Catherine mastered the art of taking a selfie and spent many an occasion teaching us the ‘down and up’ method resulting in some hilarious results especially after a few cocktails. I will always be grateful to have been able to share so many years of friendship with Catherine, to have so many wonderful memories that make me smile, laugh, and feel warm inside. I raise a glass to you my dear, dear friend. I know you will shining bright and will be sprinkling your magic wherever you are, thank you for sharing your life authentically and in all the colours and hues that brought. You were kind and loving, complex, honest and true. I love you and will miss you always, my dear friend ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍 xx

Catherine - I think of you as the lady with the smiling eyes x

Catherine, you are so sorely missed, not a day goes by where I haven't gone to call you! I was blessed to work with you for over 4 years. You were a sensational teacher and no words I could write do you justice. All of the schools that you visited were so quick to call me with glowing feedback. I've lost count of the times I picked up the phone to, "Can we please book Catherine again", "Catherine is so friendly and kind" "Catherine is one of the team". Your ability to build strong friendships in no time at all, was a real gift that I greatly admired. You encouraged me to start my company and by doing so changed my families lives for the better, I will never be able to thank you again, I just hope I told you enough whenever we spoke! I will not forget you and everything you did for me. I will miss our calls!