As a child I wanted to be . . . Barrister, Psychiatrist, Soldier, Economist, Engineer. And now that I’m a father, I’m all of those, but I barrister for money.

On family holidays we went to . . . all over as excuses to see family. Have great memories from Expo ’88.

On my next holiday I plan to . . .  Sleep in and eat a three-course meal! Jokes! My wife’s invited me to join her on a revisit to one of her childhood haunts: London!

There are two contenders for my earliest memory . . . One is a memory of a holiday around my second birthday. It’s a pleasant memory but it may have been planted from a photograph taken there. The second is soon after, where I am standing on the banks of a river watching my mother try water-skiing. I was somewhat less than a passive observer. My money’s on the second memory: because nothing sears memory like trauma!

The best thing about having four children is . . .  they’re the ultimate excuse for any shortcoming. Can’t go to work? Four children! Missed that dinner date? Four Children!

The worst thing about having four children is . . . constantly missing other obligations, like work and dinner dates.

I found lockdown to be . . . anxiety inducing. The roads were quieter though.

The first music concert I went to was . . .  The Sesame Street Stage Show! The first under my own steam was Greenday.

The best decision I ever made . . . listening to Maz and asking her to marry me.

I first came to SHAP . . . On our first date back in Sydney, Maz drove me past St Michael’s and explained that’s where she’d be getting married. Sounds like a red flag now that I say it out loud.

I decided to go onto Parish Council because . . . Maz is tired of listening to my ideas about how I’d save the world.

I wish I had learnt earlier . . . how to small talk. Still a work in progress.

I have just finished watching . . . two series of “The Righteous Gemstones”: even though it’s a ribald parody of a televangelist family, it still gave me plenty enough to reflect on my own faith. 

The best advice I ever got was . . . Work hard and be good to your mother. For advice that didn’t come from a TV commercial, a friend’s father said it was important to find a solution to the problems of others. You probably guessed he is an engineer.