I was very studious when I was 16, in terms of academia, sport and music. My whole life, up to that point, was totally dedicated to those three things. My love for school can’t be overlooked. I had great teachers in Guyana and then in England. I was particularly interested in science. I wanted to study medicine. Everything to do with science, I read – physics, chemistry, biology, physiology, even autobiographies of great surgeons. My dad’s father was a pharmacist. So he was one step short of being a doctor. There was some – let’s call it gentle nudging – towards me doing that.
Even today in London – it was blazing hot outside for everybody else. But for me, I still had on a coat [Grant has lived in Barbados since the early 1980s]. It’s hard to get used to. But I find it easy to fit in to new places because I can make friends quite easily.
