‘I was kicked out of a restaurant because of how I look’

Living with neurofibromatosis, Oliver Bromley has been mistreated his entire life. But he’s still choosing resilience over revenge

Oliver Bromley has held to one guiding mantra passed down by his grandmother during the most trying years of his life. 

“You have to wake up, make your bed, look in the mirror and know who you are,” he says with conviction. It suggests the words were once delivered to him with the same intensity – one woman’s conscious effort to instil a much-needed sense of security in her grandson.