Tamburlaine the Great

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Communications or Media
Occupation Writer
Location Kirkcaldy, Fife, United Kingdom
Introduction Fat, fifty and phenomenally belligerent when confronted by crap: otherwise mellow as a 'cello. Powered by a robust discontent with modern capitalism, bullshit, the World, the Flesh and the Devil. Am an ex-diplomat in more senses than one. Anarchist and Anglican (perhaps they were just on the same page in the encyclopaedia). But for practical purposes a good Labour Party man (since 1983 - New Labour wasn't my fault). Inclined to use pen as sword, or rather as weapon of mass destruction.
Interests Politics, history, travel, Christianity, music (all kinds), eating, drinking, being a bloody nuisance
Favorite Movies Not really much of a film buff; to say that nothing worth while has appeared since Casablanca would only be a small exaggeration of my position.
Favorite Music How long have we got? Renaissance polyphony, Wagner, the Clash, Bach, Bob Dylan, Alban Berg, Led Zeppelin, trad jazz, Attila the Stockbroker...you get the idea.
Favorite Books The Possessed, the entire works of P G Wodehouse, the Bible (King James or Luther), Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy, Lucky Jim - same as the music really.