Location

The Gloaming, Alba

Favourite music

Radiohead, Bach, Elgar, Glass, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Kate Bush, John Martyn, Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, Peter Gabriel, Martina Topley Bird, Joni Mitchell, Arvo Part, Beatles, Neil Young, The Mars Volta, Joanna Newsom, Arcade Fire, Brahms, Debussy, Bright Eyes, Coco Rosie, Cocteau Twins, Brian Eno, Sarah Vaughan, Antony and the Johnsons, Lou Reed, Ry Cooder, Muddy Waters, Mansun, Marc Bolan, Alex Harvey, Jonny Saw Horses, Augie March, Nick Cave, Jethro Tull, Roach Sisters, Sandy Denny, Spirit, Pink Floyd, Sigur Ros, Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, Paul Simon, Laurie Anderson, Richie Havens, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Michael Nyman, Wilco, Decemberists, British Sea Power, John Adams, Nina Simone, Múm, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Bowie, Nigel Kennedy

Favourite books

The Wind in the Willows. Illusions. Little Big. The Warlock Inspite of Himself. The Ground Beneath Her Feet. Jane Austen. Terry Pratchett. Keats. Shakespeare. The Barchester Chronicles. Hugh Lofting. Angela Carter. The Witching Hour. The Great and Secret Show. Philip Pullman. Iris Murdoch. Douglas Adams. Five Children and It. Oliver Goldsmith. The Brothers Grimm. e e cummings. Lewis Carroll. Carrie Fisher.

Favourite movies

Bladerunner. The Outcasts. The Wicker Man. Fantasia. Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Mary Poppins. Dune. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Brazil. Brokeback Mountain. Paris, Texas. Being John Malkovich. The Return of the Pink Panther. Being There. Bringing Up Baby. Room With a View. Empire Strikes Back. The Red Shoes. Meeting People is Easy. Donnie Darko. Romeo and Juliet (Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli). Strictly Ballroom. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The Snowman. Withnail and I. Life of Brian

Favourite tv shows

Twin Peaks. Brass. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Black Books. David Attenborough. Monty Python. The Day Today. Wood and Walters. Naked Video. Blake's Seven. Pride and Prejudice. Mapp and Lucia. Northanger Abbey. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Alias Smith and Jones. The Singing Ringing Tree. The Green Wing. QI.

To get to work/school I

Carpool