Example profiles
A few example profiles to show what Lyra looks like — honest pages about people, in their own words. Open any one to see the whole thing.
Olu Adebayo
Secondary maths teacher and head of year, marathon-in-training, terrible at sitting still
Croydon, London, GB
Tom Bryce
Retired geography teacher, beekeeper, committed maker of terrible puns
Morningside, Edinburgh, GB
Wei Chen
Software engineer, weekend sourdough scientist, quietly competitive at board games
Cambridge, GB
Jack Thompson
Carpenter, allotment evangelist, dad who's suspiciously into his kids' Lego
Heaton, Newcastle, GB
Lucy Nguyen
Physiotherapist, pilates devotee, reviver of half-dead houseplants
Cardiff, GB
Maya Patel
Graphic designer, reformed perfectionist, owner of far too many houseplants
Chapel Allerton, Leeds, GB
Rosa Martínez
Chef, salsa teacher on Tuesdays, believer that everyone leaves happier after dinner
Baltic Triangle, Liverpool, GB
Theo Adeyemi
Mostly held together by oat flat whites and unearned confidence
Bristol, GB
Aisha Khan
Pharmacist by day, half-marathoner by dawn, forever rescuing supermarket basil
Didsbury, Manchester, GB
David Reid
PE teacher, hill-walker, fixer of everything except my own knees
Dundee, GB
Emily Watson
Nursery teacher, crochet enthusiast, powered by herbal tea
Norwich, GB
Frank Adeyemi
Forty years a cabbie, a lifetime of jazz records, and a granddad's full diary
Mapperley, Nottingham, GB
Grace Bennett
Librarian, slow reader by choice, weekend rambler
Bath, GB
Niamh O'Sullivan
Midwife, all-weather sea swimmer, incurable optimist with cold hands
Kemptown, Brighton, GB
Peggy Whitfield
73, three grandchildren, and one extremely opinionated parrot
Harrogate, Yorkshire, GB
Priya Sharma
Year 2 teacher, weekend watercolourist, keeper of 29 small humans' secrets
Bishopston, Bristol, GB
Sarah Okonkwo
Cellist, slow cook, always mid-renovation and quietly dreaming of a campervan
Stoke Newington, London, GB
Daniel Mensah
Dad of two, terrible at chess, suspiciously good at pancakes
Walthamstow, London, GB
Fatima Hassan
SEN teacher, quiet-mornings person, grower of slightly too many plants
Birmingham, GB
George Osei
A&E nurse, terrible five-a-side defender, world-class maker of jollof
Moseley, Birmingham, GB
Hannah Clarke
Year 4 teacher, weekend crocheter, slowly turning my flat into a jungle of plants
Sheffield, GB
Margaret Doyle
Teaching assistant for 22 years, allotment keeper, grandmother of four
Belfast, GB
Sanjay Gupta
Primary deputy head, weekend cyclist, keeper of far too many houseplants
Leicester, GB
Michael O'Connor
Retired headteacher, allotment regular, granddad on call
Liverpool, GB