SibatheHat
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| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | A passionate, amused, sometimes despairing observer of U.K. local government and the voluntary sector, plus birds, dragonflies, real ale and life, Siba the Hat worked for Essex County Council till 2011. As a refuge from the wilder shores of fantasy, he writes poetry and fiction. |
| Interests | Long-distance and hill-walking, birdwatching, religion, politics, poetry, humour,life, death, real ale, cricket |
| Favorite movies | Local Hero, The Magnificent Seven, Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| Favorite music | Sibelius' third symphony, any Sibelius, Nielsen, Bruckner, Grieg, Rachmaninov, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span |
| Favorite books | Collected poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Bell (Iris Murdoch), Collected poems of W.B. Yeats, the Gormenghast trilogy (Mervyn Peake) |