Doesn't work at Montreal's McGill University (that's Dr Robyn Tamblyn - with a Y!)
Descended from (gay) Elizabethan spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham
Studied film in Liverpool
Has a three-foot carnivorous pet plant called Mr Crunchy
Has Asperger's Syndrome, identifies as heteroromantic asexual
Won £25 in a creative writing competition aged 14
Likes: bowling, playing pool, reading, cats, white tigers, beaches, sharks, Baileys, pizza, 'eighties music, swimming in the sea, going to the cinema, horror and sci fi movies, cafés and aquariums
Dislikes: heights, 'scenic' walks, soccer, buses, joggers, beer, wasps, seagulls, soap operas, 'reality' TV shows, rap music, gardening
My mum won a bronze medal in the 1968 South African Olympics
My dad went to school with Sir Elton John
My granny used to work with the original 'Master' from Dr Who
My grandpa designed a German spacecraft and was listed in Who's Who of Aviation