Richard Blaber
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Retired. |
| Location | Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I am 63 years old, I have a BA in English and American Literature from Warwick University, and an MA and PhD in Social Policy and Administration from the Universities of York and Kent respectively. I taught at the latter for a while, but gave up work because of disability - I'm on the autism spectrum & have partial epilepsy & dyspraxia. I'm also gay, & am a social libertarian, passionately committed to freedom and human rights, gay rights & disability rights. |
| Interests | Reading, writing poetry, short stories and music, blogging and tweeting, watching TV and films. |
| Favorite Music | The Adagietto from Mahler's 5th Symphony; the Liebestod from Act III of 'Tristan und Isolde', by Richard Wagner; Siegfried's Funeral March & the 'Redemption Through Love' Motif from Act III of 'Die Götterdämmerung', by Wagner. |
| Favorite Books | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare; the Bible. |