John E. Walker

I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket.

In 1995, I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist.

I loved Catherine Deneuve, Sophia Loren, and Ursula Andress. They had an incredible strength but fragility at the same time, especially Catherine Deneuve, who had an aloofness that impressed me.

I broke with my religion in college.

We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics, and into the age of biology.