The young people had five in person and one online creative writing workshops with Ella in Newcastle West. These looked at writing with prompts from historical documentation and  pivotal moments from Sophie’s life. In particular we discussed identity and how when used to describe someone words have immense power.  We looked at how we describe ourselves vs’ how our friends, family, community might describe us and at how Sophie spend her life defining and redefining herself until two distinct individuals existed, Sophie Peirce-Evans and Lady Mary Heath. We discussed the careful way Sophie presented herself to promote the idea she was a natural in the skies, and that flying was easy for her, from her devil may care attitude to her customary fur coat and high heels.