Most of this website is concerned with my academic work, so here are a few personal details about me.

• I was once in the audience for Top of the Pops
• The furthest I've travelled is to Queenstown, New Zealand
• My favourite musician is Bat for Lashes
• My wedding cake was made of Lego
• My dad's cousin manages AFC Wimbledon
• A great-grandfather is buried in Oakwood Memorial Park, California, the same place as Fred Astaire
• I was captain of Warwick University darts team
• My cat once dissapeared for 3 weeks, but safely returned (a little thinner!)
• I am a descendant of a Geordie poet
• I passed my driving test in Slough, on the third attempt
• My son was 7lb when he was born
• My favourite artist is George Grosz
• I was a member of 2313 Squadron Air Training Cadets
• My first flight was in a two-seater RAF chipmunk trainer
• I hold a 'watermanship 1' swimming certificate
• I play the alto saxophone (though I'm a bit rusty now)