'There are things you miss about Australia when you live in London, but you need never want for Australian company. There's an Australian teacher at my kids' school. I find Australians serving coffees, working at reception desks, handling public relations, running tech start-ups, churning out think-tank papers, poring over spreadsheets at accounting firms, publishing books, designing buildings. They may not be in Earl's Court or Shepherd's Bush anymore, but they're in Clapham, Putney, Islington, Whitechapel — all points of the London compass.' (Introduction)