From that menagerie of titles you might say my journey has been unconventional. It’s quite the ‘hyphenated’ career  (a rather accidental blueprint for the Millennial generation).

You might think that it makes sense for ‘someone like me’ to have this choppy path - I’m outgoing, outspoken and, to some, outlandish. A typical ‘actor type’ #eyeroll... but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been seduced into ‘taking the road more travelled’ in my time.  In fact, I gave up acting and dedicated ten years to a ‘sensible’ income stream.  Which saw me sit in a world where I didn’t belong and tried to fit in for ten. years. Sigh.

Then two things happened, two nights in a row, that made me stop in my tracks.

My niece was born.  Ruby Amelia.  Light of my life.

And my friend died at the age of 43.  Bowel cancer.  It had been a brutal battle.

I learned both sets of news sat at my desk at midnight in a central London architectural studio; with spreadsheets open and a half written proposal to win the most boring work imaginable.

And just like that, the click happened.  I chose no.  Not on my watch.