Every day some 30 to 40 people from community disability services, work for the dole schemes and volunteer programs from Parklea Correctional Facility turn up to work.

"It's a horrible feeling. Generally, I cope," the virtuoso says. "But there was one concert last year when I felt I didn't play my best because I just couldn't relax. I was too nervous."

"I certainly never made the decision to sacrifice my career and my work," Lionel Shriver says.

"It's a horrible feeling. Generally, I cope," the virtuoso says. "But there was one concert last year when I felt I didn't play my best because I just couldn't relax. I was too nervous."

Sydney's social climbers will have to tackle Everest itself come October if they intend to be within the rarefied orbit of the world's hottest couple.