Martin Pilkington
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Freelance Writer |
| Location | Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Until 2006 I worked in manufacturing industry as sales director for a filter company. I travelled the world, but was getting fed up with that so when the opportunity arose set out on a new career path as a freelance journalist - taking an MA in Magazine Journalism to get me started. I have been married since 1984, have one son, and live in the wonderfully leafy Fulwood in Preston, where we have a huge garden, much of it producing fruit and veg. We're also lucky enough to spend much of our time in Trearddur Bay. Liked the old life, love the new one. I write regularly for Lancashire Life and Cheshire Life, have contributed to about 30 more outlets including Lovefood.com, ForBetterForWorse, and Selectism, and am always keen to add more to the list. |
| Interests | Growing food, cooking proper food ideally on the cheap, languages, whisky, gin, rum, beer, black pudding, wine gums, fishing, books, puns, piano music of the first half of the 20th century, bow ties, failing to look cool (see bow ties). |
| Favorite Movies | Blade Runner (am bloke), When Harry Met Sally (am big girl's blouse), Ghost Dog (am Samurai), Zulu, The Railway Children (blouse again: "Daddy, my daddy!"), Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Much Ado about Nothing, Die Hard, A Night at the Opera. |
| Favorite Music | Beach Boys, Beethoven, Scarlatti, Talking Heads, Erik Satie, Charles Ives, Thelonius Monk, Ravel, The Undertones, Leo Ornstein, Joseph Jongen. |
| Favorite Books | Anything by: Wodehouse, John Buchan, Elizabeth David, Mark Kurlansky, John Gierach, Jerome K Jerome, Jane Grigson, A.G. Macdonell, Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L Sayers, Molly Thynne. |
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