Martin Meenagh
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- American Creation
- Campaign For Public Ownership
- Catholic and Enjoying It!
- EU Referendum
- Iran Solidarity
- Musings of a Scottish Jewish Baptist...
- NASA Space News, International Space Station Shuttle Missions Google Earth Science Technology
- Religion Law Blog
- Sarah Duncan's Blog
- Stephen Williamson: New Monetarist Economics
- The Distributist Review
Gender | Male |
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Industry | Education |
Occupation | Tutor, non-practising barrister, lecturer, consultant, writer, former Principal, Spousal Domestic Assistant, Dishwasher |
Location | London, England, United Kingdom |
Introduction | I was a student, tutor and (briefly) a lecturer at Oxford University in England for 15 years. I also worked with American universities, schools and A-level colleges. My family were immigrants in a steel town in England. I am currently teaching and lecturing in London, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. |
Interests | History and Politics of the Atlantic World, Common Law, roman empire, science fiction, crime, wine, catholicism, British History, people, seventeenth century philosophy |
Favorite Movies | The Maltese Falcon, The Seventh Seal Topaz, Casablanca, 8 1/2, The Shootist, Frenzy, Lifeboat, The Hidden Fortress, Nixon, Dolce Vita, Battle of Algiers, Europa Europa, Star Wars series, Dr Who, Firefox, Spring, Summer, autumn, winter and Spring, I saw Ben Barka Get Killed, Independence Day, La Regle du Jeu, Vertigo, The Bad Sleep Well |
Favorite Music | Haydn, Beethoven, Snow Patrol, David Gray, Flanagan and Allen, Shostakovich, Baroque sonatas, Roy Orbison, Beatles, Music Hall, Abba, anything by Bruce Springsteen, Anything by The National |
Favorite Books | Anthony Burgess, Michael Chabon, Roman Empire/republic, Detective stories, Arthur Conan Doyle, Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, The Brothers Karamazov, War and Peace, Marvel Comics, Anything by Patricia Cornwell, science and intellectual history, economics of development, The Glass Bead Game, anything by Philip K.Dick, The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch, Anything by Toni Morrison |
What's the best time you've ever had licking stamps?
when I did it with champagne