Tetrogrammaton

Tegrogrammaton

Tegraffir House in Hampstead in London and it has, it's a tall, thin townhouse.

And my mother's lived there actually in one of the flats since the 1970s.

And then she got together with my dad and gradually they acquired the house over time. And so it's right opposite Hampstead Heath, which is this really beautiful,

there's a thousand acres of fairly wild park in London.

So living there was a bit like growing up part in the city and part in a more rural environment

because I spent a lot of time outdoors.

You just opened the door of the house and you've run out onto the heath.

So it's a special place to us.

And then later on we would, we were working there.

My parents worked from home and me and my brother were also working from home for a time.

And so there was a sense in which it could house us all in our various pursuits.

I've read your dad's work probably starting 30 years ago.

Tell me a little bit about growing up with your dad.

There's always a lot of fun. He's an amazing student of the living world and a great experimenter and a great teacher.

So we were always encouraged to take an interest in the lives unfolding around us.

And he would do experiments on us.

You know, he had a new idea for some kind of experiment.

He said, boys, do you want to try an experiment?

If you go over there and have the blindfold on, can you tell me whether you think I'm looking at you from behind or not?

You know,

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