Secret life

Optometry student and drag racer, Stacey Reed, on pre-race rituals, keeping calm under pressure and what it feels like to travel at 150 miles per hour

Director of Specsavers Bridport, Chris Newall, talks to OT  about the etiquette-rich sport of real tennis – also known as ‘the sport of kings’

Practice Building director, Andy Clark, tells OT  how playing guitar gives him a sense of escape

Optometry lead at the University of the West of England, Dr Rebekah Stevens, on her choir’s journey from rural Wiltshire to one of the world’s most famous concert halls

From face painting to cat portraits and life-like illustrations of ocular pathology, neuroscientist Sam Strong is an artist with many talents

Dispensing optician, James Dawson, had never set foot on a stage before his daughter convinced him to perform in The Full Monty. He explains to OT  what confronting his fears taught him

While some holidaymakers sunbathe or swim to relax, low vision specialist, Jane Macnaughton, spends her downtime creating fictional worlds

Music runs in the family for West Yorkshire optometrist David Armitage

Bradford College lecturer, dispensing optician and amateur magician, Mark Hickton, tells OT  about bringing a sense of amazement back into people’s lives

Optometrists and scuba diving enthusiasts, Jane Bell, Trevor Warburton and Lyndon Taylor, tell OT  about their underwater hobby