Firstly, I would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of the Arts Council of England and the cool heads of Tracy Bohan, Hannah Griffiths, Rachel Alexander and Mitzi Angel.
Then, many thanks for so many things to my mother Gerardine, my brother Fergal, Marietta Smith, the great Henry Layte, Phoebe Harkins, Ross MacFarlane and Damian Nicolaou.
For all the reading and forbearance – as well as everything else – I thank my husband and daughter, William and Éadaoin Galinsky.
And finally, and fondly, thanks to all of Group 33.