‘We all need a place to hide’: NHS workers take a breather – in pictures | Art and design

Terry, painter, Royal Edinburgh Hospital (listen to the audio)

‘I like coming to work. The place that I escape to, my storeroom, I call it my howf. Get in here, close the door, and I can do my wee projects at lunchtime and it’s just nice and relaxing. I work five days a week. Normally I start at eight, finish at half past four, probably about three quarters of an hour of breaks over the day and I just come in here. That’s it, just sit and chill out, read a book, read my paper, listen to Neil Diamond. It’s my space. The wee spark keeps saying to me, “When you retire, I’m having it”’