skipper
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | University teacher |
| Location | Stockport, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I was born in the Welsh borderlands and grew up in Shrewsbury. Then to Aberystwyth University before working in the admin class of the civil service for a couple of unhappy years. Then got job at Manchester University which I loved. I became Director Extra-Mural Studies 1986-91 and then had a stroke while out jogging. Retired on medical grounds but still teach and write a good deal. Recently took up a part-time position in politics at Liverpool Hope University. Why Skipper? Legacy of captaining a post-graduate cricket team at university. |
| Interests | reading, creative writing, poetry, short stories, film, theatre, walking, travel. |
| Favorite movies | Deer Hunter, Raging Bull, Sideways, Lost Weekend, |
| Favorite music | Some classical but mostly modern folk a la Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman, KD Lang,Blues too |
| Favorite books | Darkness at Noon, Brave New World, Ghostwriters, Cloud Atlas, White Teeth, Bleak House, Hard Times, Far From madding Crowd, |