Gender	Male
Occupation	Retired!
Location	Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Introduction	Former government servant with medals to prove it and a BA (Hons) in something or other. Now part time penpusher, unpaid painter and decorator and retired morris dancer.
Interests	Ancient history (esp. Roman), flight, brown ink, Middenshire customs and folklore, calligraphy, food, Moleskine, languages, the medieval world.
Favorite movies	The Draughtsman's Contract, Gladiator, The Name of the Rose.
Favorite music	Medieval, Gregorian chant, Third Ear Band, Sigur Ros, Captain Beefheart, English Folk, Vaughan Williams, Thomas Tallis.
Favorite books	The Pickwick Papers, A Christmas Carol, anything by Peter Ackroyd, Steven Saylor, Lindsey Davis, the poetry of John Betjeman.

If your whole body were a hot air balloon, would you stop eating spicy food?

Yes, because, to the best of my knowledge, balloons can't eat.