Mark Harris

So there's an element of separation within the house and then there's often times that, you know, the land area might be big enough that they could build a cottage on it as well down the track.

So...

The first point being that they're looking for a larger home with multiple bedrooms, a couple of living spaces and I guess privacy for that separation.

But then communal areas where they can come together for dinner and breakfast and that sort of thing and enjoy each other's company.

But yeah, scale is important.

I'm not sure about the in-laws.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I wouldn't say never, but, yeah, I mean, it's definitely an element for me as well.

I've got elder parents that come to visit and we love having them over and, you know, it's great to be able to provide that accommodation for them in the year and, you know, we could do something together down the track with a cottage on the property and that's the thing, if I could afford it and if the property was big enough, I'd love the idea of that.

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You could have done anybody.

I think what a biographer owes to their subject is really only a sincere pursuit of the truth.

That's the only thing.

I don't think a relationship between biographer and subject is necessarily adversarial.

I don't think it has to be, but if it doesn't feel

adversarial sometimes, then you probably picked the wrong subject for a biography, just as if it doesn't feel admiring, sometimes you've also probably picked the wrong subject.

I mean, I'm

You mentioned the idea of someone looking over your shoulder as you – the subject of your writing, looking over your shoulder either as you write or as you're researching.