I'm at Liverpool University
generic thorazine Does he have a personal faith? "I was brought up a Catholic," he replies. "I had a great-aunt who was a mother superior, so my youth was full of washing feet, kissing crosses, et cetera. So in a way I suppose the experience [of this dig] has made me a great relativist. Also for me it shows we know so little about the early years of the world's great traditions." But he says that the tenets of Buddhism hold a certain appeal. "At the moment, I'm balancing this job with the role of pro-vice-chancellor. So I'm a bureaucrat and it's very tempting, at times, to think of renunciation," he jokes.