RoyTomkinson
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- Andrew Nutt
- Ask Wendy - The Query Queen
- At Home With Books
- Blogger: User Profile: Dennis Hardley
- Conger Alley
- MallorcaResident's Blog
- Roy Tomkinson
Gender | Male |
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Location | Pontypridd, Wales UK, United Kingdom |
Introduction | I am sitting in my study from where I do my writing and blogging, to my left is a large window looking out upon a mountainous forest, the view is delightful, inspirational even. At the bottom of the mountain is the River Taff, which flows down to Cardiff, and empties into Cardiff Bay. |
Interests | Varied, reading, walking, swimming, gym, writing, politics, and a keen environmentalist, also I like to travel when I get the opportunity and take a keen interest in human nature |
Favorite Movies | I’m not a great television addict, but I do watch the news and follow world events. I like watching documentaries about space and the environment and the history channel. |
Favorite Music | I like, Linda Carlyle, Queen, classical relaxing music, Tom Jones, Oasis, Shirley Bassey, Roy Orbison, Jim Reeves, Cold Play, and many operas. |
Favorite Books | George Orwell = Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty Four, The Road to Wigan Pier. Homage to Catalonia. Wilbur Smith = When the Lion Feeds, A Sparrow Falls, Falcon Flies, Elephant Song, Birds of Prey, River God. Bernard Cornwall = Azincourt, The Grim Reaper. Ernest Hemingway = For whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man And The Sea. John Steinbeck = The Grapes of Wrath. Thomas Hardy = Jude the Obscure, A Pair of Blue Eyes, Two on a Tower, Tess Of The d'Urbervilles, James Clavell = Shogun, Noble House, Whirlwind. Graham Greene = Our man in Havana, The Power and the Glory, The Quiet American. J. B Priestly = Angel Pavement. Terry Goodkind = Stone of Tears, Wizard’s First Rule. Phillippa Gregory = The Favoured Child, The Wise Woman, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Queen’s Fool. Reymond E. Feist = Magician. John James = Homeland. Dean R. Koontz = Watchers. Oscar Wilde = The Picture Of Dorian Grey. D. H. Lawrence = Sons and Lovers. Jane Austin = Pride And Prejudice. |