Martin Meenagh

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About me

Gender Male
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