When we left Fulham, west London, for Buckinghamshire in 1999, I almost wept when the removals van left with all our stuff. With four children, my wife, Clare (also a doctor), and I thought we should go somewhere with decent grammar schools. Initially I missed London, but now we love it — and the friends we have made here. And I don’t miss being woken by the thump of beer barrels at 6am outside the pub opposite.
What is your house like?
It’s the rambling half of a grand home, built by the Cadbury family in 1905. Ours is the bit that housed the stables and a rather big, strange room we call the squash court; it’s ideal for teenage parties, well soundproofed and almost