Pushing Through the Market Square: Remembering David Bowie

Ten years since Blackstar and the loss of our brightest one. Tip of my Bowie memory iceberg.

Me and the world’s first Bowie statue, September 2025

Ten years ago, I was working downstairs in the tiny medieval cottage in deepest Essex that I shared with my late partner Helen when I heard her crying upstairs. By then, she wasn’t long for this world so I rushed upstairs to see if she was okay. “David Bowie’s died” was all she said and I started cryi…