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| Location | Ayrshire, Scotland |
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| Interests | Politics, Sport, Scottish History, |
| Favorite movies | Withnail And I, The Birdcage (Yes, I saw the French original first but actually prefer this), Dumb and Dumber, Life of Brian, Some Like It Hot, Oklahoma, Dark Star (for 1 scene only) and, for nostalgic reasons, The Great Escape. |
| Favorite music | Fairly catholic tastes. I rather like Elbow at the mo'. From the past: Japan, The Beautiful South, OMD, The Specials, Bob Marley, Steel Pulse (Tribute to the Martyrs album), Linton Kwesi Johnson and many other ska/reggae luminaries. |
| Favorite books | The Isles (Norman Davies), Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad), Walking Wounded (Wm McIlvanney), The Conquest of Happiness (Bertrand Russell), Burns Today (Hugh McDiarmid), The Paradox of Scottish Culture (David Daiches), Flashman in the Great Game (G. M. Fraser), Unreliable Memoirs (Clive James), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter Thompson), Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972 (Hunter Thompson) Pascal's Pensées (no I can't read French but I had a beautiful 1714 leather-bound copy of this which I should never have sold). |