The Optimist
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | Research & Communications |
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
| Introduction | I am a research and communications officer working in the trade union movement, a UK Labour and Australian Labor Party member, an amateur economist, a quasi-journalist and the founder & director of the Aequitas think tank in Australia.
I also think that Orwell was right about most things, but especially so about tea and beer. |
| Favorite movies | Duck Soup, Casablanca, The Third Man, Patrick Keiller's London, Ealing comedies, film noir, Chaplin and Buster Keaton, La Jette |
| Favorite music | Beethoven to Bowie |
| Favorite books | George Orwell, JG Ballard, PG Wodehouse, Michel Houellebecq,Jorge Luis Borges. |