It usually comes as a surprise to people that half my family is Argentinian, probably owing to me looking as Irish as Guinness, but yes, I’ve got a Latin half, and that’s who I visited on this trip. A few years ago when the Argentinian banks went crazy, my aunt and cousins decided it was time to get out of Buenos Aires and move to Europe, and it wound up that after a series of moves, my aunt and two of her children are now in London.

This side of my family is definitely the artistic side. My cousin, Marina, is an art dealer. My aunt works in theatre; directing, acting, and writing. Then there’s my cousin Alejo: I hadn’t seen him in 15 years or so, and in the intervening time he’s become a world travelling tattoo artist. Marina was out of the country at the time, visiting India, but she graciously allowed Cherise and I to use her flat while she was gone.