Heroes: Jesus, William Wilberforce, Yayoi Kusama, Corita Kent, Hildegarde von Bingen, Margaret Preston, Banana Yoshimoto, Salinger's fictional 'Mrs Glass'.

Food: Any Japanese dish involving tofu.

Movies: Masterminds, Red Sorghum, The Scent of Green Papaya, Zoolander, Norah Ephron, Wes Anderson films, Will Ferrell.

Reading: Marilyn Robinson, J.D Salinger, Tim Winton, Flannery O'Connor, The Bible.

Music: U2, Earth Wind and Fire, INXS, The Black Keys.

Dance: Rarely.

Loves: Spots, the colour red, plastic, bullet trains, sheoaks, gum trees, the smell of a freshly opened bag of coffee beans.

Hates: Shopping, shopping centres, underground carparks, greed, meanness, the colours grey and beige.

Interests: Art, reading, languages, foreign films, travel, architecture, God.

Theory in Life: Do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with God.