My blogs

Blogs I follow

Location	St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Introduction	Writer, drummer, vibraphonist, gardener and retired cricketer. Author of the novelised childhood memoir Taking Candy from a Dog, published by Blackheath Books in 2010. Lives in blissful happiness with his wife, Mrs Bongo Debbie, two cats and badgers in a lovely cottage by the seaside.
Interests	Cricket, postcards, music, cats, food, wine, long walks, collage, photography, polar exploration.
Favorite movies	Billy Liar, The King of Comedy, Saturday Night & Sunday Morning, Submarine, Ghost World, Rififi, L'Atalante, Spring & Port Wine, Dead of Night, Rebecca, Don't Look Now, Elvis - That's the Way it is, Goodfellas, Casino.
Favorite music	Scott Walker, The Kinks, Vaughan Williams, Love, Sammy Davis, Dudley Moore, Johnny Dankworth, Buddy Rich, ELVIS, John Barry, Jimmy Smith, Gerald Wilson, Cal Tjader, Jobim, Bird Curtis Quintet, Herb Alpert, The Beatles, early Stones, Ravel, Sibelius, Sinatra, Alan Hawkshaw, Tony Hatch, The Mummies, British jazz/Bebop, sunshine pop, 60s orchestral pop, 60s big band, easy listening, bossa nova, psychedelia, northern soul.
Favorite books	Too many to mention. Fave writers include Keith Waterhouse, Paul Auster, George Orwell, John Fante, Willy Vlautin, Alan Sillitoe, Magnus Mills, Matt Haig, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene.