I used to be “Mister Disinvestment.” Now I would like to be Mister Investment and say, “Come! Come and be part of an exciting, exhilarating process. Come in! Come in on the ground floor and see a people do something that’s probably never happened before, people seeking to become something radically different from what their antecedents would have made us believe they were likely to become.

A year ago. My understanding of what love is has changed immensely since.

When I worked out I was gay and decided to leave the church at 29.

Until then, I had thought that the goal of a business person was to get ahead in a big company, but at Harvard I learned that starting a business was the greatest possible achievement in business. In the United States, people who start small companies are praised.

Gender-affirming surgery. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not widely available on the NHS and a lot of it you have to pay for yourself.

Passionate, loving, driven.

The Great Gatsby.

Apart from stuff on social media, an ex-partner telling me I’m unlovable.

At university, I worked at a hotel in housekeeping. We saw so many weird things in people’s rooms. Guests would leave sex and party stuff behind!

Everybody I’ve lost to suicide. When someone dies in that tragic way, you always feel you could have done more.