While Cosmo studied books more deeply, Miles became footloose, leaving their secondary school.
Always more bookish, Cosmo envied his younger brother's willingness to plunge into the world; he left school in London at age 16 and experimented with the fringes of performance.
The book largely concerns growing up with his theatrical parents, described by Geordie Greig as "two wacky, middle-aged American egotists who arrived in 'the land of the stiff upper lip' and caused mayhem.
In April 2022, an article by Landesman in The Spectator, arguing for a right to "stare at women", was criticised by British Transport Police.
[7][8] In 2024, he described himself as living in "genteel poverty" after spending the money he received from an inheritance in the 2000s unwisely and ignoring his financial affairs.