Personal Life
Self's mother died in 1988. He was married from 1989 to 1997 to Katherine (Kate) Sylvia Chancellor. They have two children, a son Alexis and a daughter Madeleine. In 1997, Self married journalist Deborah Jane Orr, with whom he has sons Ivan and Luther. His brother is the author and journalist Jonathan Self. He lives in Stockwell South London.
He has described himself as a Psychogeographer and modern flâneur and has written about walks he has taken. In December 2006, he walked 26 miles from his home in South London to Heathrow Airport. Upon arriving at Kennedy Airport he walked 20 miles from there to Manhattan.
Self is 6' 5" tall, collects and repairs vintage typewriters and smokes a pipe; he claims that a psychologist once described him as schizoid personality and borderline personality.
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