My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Male
Location	Hampshire, United Kingdom
Introduction	Educated King Edward VI School, Southampton. and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Graduated in English Language and Literature. Have subsequently studied Arabic, Greek, German and French. Qualified teacher of English as a foreign language, and holder of the UK Open University's Diploma in English Language Studies. Have lived and travelled (not as a teacher) in Lebanon, Kuwait, Greece, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Tunisia.
Interests	walking, running, cycling, music, philosophy, history, linguistics, French, web
Favorite movies	Le Bal,The Italian Job, Casablanca, The Longest Day, Amadeus, Death in Venice, Cabaret, The Seventh Seal, Time Regained, Les Enfants du Paradis
Favorite music	Usual classical repertoire,jazz,Jacques Brel, Charles Trenet, Georges Brassens, Léo Ferré, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Simon and Garfunkel, Hildegard of Bingen, Erik Satie, Abba, Jake Thackray, Charles Aznavour
Favorite books	P.G. Wodehouse, Conan Doyle, Dickens, Maupassant, Jane Austen, Trollope, Michelin Guide to French Hotels and Restaurants, The MECAS Grammar of Modern Literary Arabic