Philippa Martyr
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| Location | Perth, Australia |
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| Introduction | Supra-Catholic fragile missy, expertise in doses. |
| Interests | Writing, second-hand shops, doing the housework, art exhibitions, concerts, recreational shooting, right-wing gatherings, dining out, burrowing in archives, going to Mass, spending quality time with a sooky cat. Can make marmalade without using Jamsetta. |
| Favorite Movies | The Third Man, Marx Brothers, Jacques Tati, Hairspray (the original, not the musical), Terry Gilliam, anything with lots of explosions, will also stare at Burt Lancaster |
| Favorite Music | Wagner, Beethoven, Warren Zevon, Red Book of Montserrat, Morten Lauridsen, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Bach, Arvo Part, Neil Young, vulgar 1920s comic songs, Puccini, Round the Horne |
| Favorite Books | Evelyn Waugh, E F Benson (Lucia), Georgette Heyer (romance but not detective), Josephine Tey, Robertson Davies, J G Ballard, Somerset Maugham, Peter Kreeft, Louise Bremner, biographies, Ida Gorres, Adrienne von Speyr |
You've just inherited a manufacturing plant that specializes in plastics. What are you going to make?
Money.