Chris Whiteside
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Having just finished a very long stint working in the Telecommunications industry, I am reinventing myself as a freelance author. I am also a member of Egremont Town Council. |
| Location | Moor Row, Cumbria; Selby Yorkshire, Northern England, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I have lived in several parts of Britain but my family roots are in the Northern UK and I returned to the region with my family in 2004. We live at Moor Row in Cumbria but while I was working in Leeds also acquired a base in Selby, North Yorkshire. We have family and friends all over the UK, including Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. I studied at the Universities of Bristol and UEA, and have worked in London, Cumbria and Leeds. My academic qualifications are in Economics. I worked for many years as a manager in the Telecoms industry and am now starting out as a freelance author. I have previously been a school governor, health authority member, and at various times a County, City & district, borough, town and parish councillor. CONTACT ME:You can email me on chris4leedsne@gmail.com |
| Interests | Campaigning for local services in all the communities with which I am connected, particularly health and hospital services, improving transport links, for example I want to see the improvements to the A595, A66, A590 and other key routes in Cumbria. |
| Favorite movies | The Hunt for Red October, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Galaxy Quest, the Jumanji films. |
| Favorite music | My favourite composers are Handel, J.S. Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi. I particularly enjoy Baroque/Classial music, and church music, especially renaissance composers of the "English School". |
| Favorite books | Classical, "History of the Peloponessian War” (Thucydides), "The 12 Caesars" (Suetonius), Modern history "The Audit of War" (Corelli Barnett), For children: "Narnia" stories (C.S. Lewis) , 'First Contact' Sci-fi story "The Mote in God's Eye" (Niven & Pournelle), Military Sci-Fi: the "Honorverse" and "Safehold" series by David Weber Alternative History "The Guns of the South" (Harry Turtledove), Time travel "The Time Traveller's Wife" (Audrey Niffenegger), "The Apocalypse Troll" (David Weber), Comedy "The Napoleon of Notting Hill" (G.K. Chesterton), War story "The Ship" (C.S. Forester), Short story: "The road not taken" (Harry Turtledove) |