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Man, 30, posed as teen to rejoin his old school for two years - and nobody recognised him

Brian MacKinnon re-enrolled at Bearsden Academy in Glasgow in 1993 after claiming he had been unfairly kicked out of university when he failed his medicine exams twice

Daily Mirror · Jun 15, 2023

My Old School: The incredible story of how a 32-year-old man fooled teachers into believing he was a teenager

Documentary airing on BBC Two tells the story of Brian MacKinnon, AKA Brandon Lee

The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023

My Old School: The incredible story of how a 32-year-old man fooled teachers into believing he was a teenager

Documentary airing on BBC Two tells the story of Brian MacKinnon, AKA Brandon Lee

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

‘A damaged person’: Alan Cumming on playing the schoolboy who was actually 30

In 1993, a 16-year-old pupil at a Glasgow school was unmasked as a fully grown adult. Now his classmates have made a documentary – My Old School – about the astonishing deception

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2022

Incredible story of Glasgow's 30-year-old schoolkid set for New York premiere

My Old School tells the tale of Brandon Lee, a 30-year-old who posed as a high school student in the 90s - and is set to premiere in New York on July 22, with Lee voiced by Hollywood actor Alan Cumming.

Glasgow Live · Jul 21, 2022

The top 10 schools in Scotland Times League table - and how to find out your school's score

The Times have released the Scottish School League Table in Scotland, highlighting the vast majority of pupils in Scotland's top 10 schools live in the country's most affluent areas.

Glasgow Live · Jun 22, 2022