Dillan

It was pretty difficult setting up an appointment to take Dillan's photographs.

The trouble is that he's so focussed on some upcoming exams that he wants to work on his studies every spare hour that he gets.

But fortunately he also wants some cash!

So our eventual compromise was that Dillan could bring a book along with him.  [We should probably explain that a typical HMBoys photoshoot takes a good two or three hours to complete - so there's plenty of time, as the lights are being set up or whatever, for a boy to snuggle up with a good book, even though in our not inconsiderable experience it's more usually the latest issue of a porno magazine!]

As you can see, Dillan brought along a well-thumbed copy of Lord of the Flies to do some last minute swotting up.

You'll notice that, in some of the shots here - especially, I think, the full-face ones - Dillan looks not much older than the boys who feature in William Golding's book.      

But we've taken a good look at his ID and can give you our assurance that he's definitely of legal age to be an HMBoy...

"But it's a real problem for me", says Dillan.

"I'm always having to produce some ID to prove that I'm not about 14 or 15!"

Personally, though, we've got a completely different theory.

We think that the cops, bar owners, cinema managers and the rest of those busybodies aren't asking for Dillan's ID to check out his age...

What they're really after is to get hold of this cute young boy's address!