My brother Vyvyan is a very handsome and charismatic man. Intelligent and well educated, he is also a talented artist, and he himself will indeed be the first person to tell you this. If you encounter him and begin a conversation he may start quoting extracts from the works of Shakespeare and explaining their meaning. At this point a wise listener will offer to buy him a beer, which is a good way to derail his train of thought.

I am told that we are visually similar, which I think of as a compliment. I am also slightly taller than him. I don’t get to say that about many people.