My blogs

Blogs I follow

Location	Lancashire
Introduction	Forty-something, cynical, married father of two; Englishman and Lancastrian,
Interests	English history, particularly that of the seventeenth century, the writing of William Shakespeare, politics and sports, specifically football, cricket and generally fighting a losing battle at keeping fit.
Favorite movies	Head and shoulders above the rest: The Shawshank Redemption, virtually all the "Carry On" series and the Ealing comedies, followed by - some way behind - the Terminator series.
Favorite music	Broad. Roxy Music, Guns 'n' Roses, Englebert, Tom Jones and anything else I like the sound of.
Favorite books	The Informer, by Sean O'Callaghan, Ball of Fire - Fred Trueman's autobiography and anything by historian David Starkey.

You've been entered in a shadow puppet contest. What's your best pose?

An emu's neck and head