Paul Chiswick's early life criss-crossed the class divide. At times he lived with his parents in a middle class suburb, at times with his maternal grandparents in a two-up, two-down tenement. His father's career aspirations meant Paul attended four schools in as many years. After university, qualifying as a civil and structural engineer and marrying his wife, Julie, he passed a number of years working in Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong and Libya. On returning...