Paul Stump

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Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation Journalist/Author/Broadcaster
Location London/Newport
Introduction Recovering from a stroke and trying to write a book or two.
Interests Not the Nine O'Clock News, classical music 1850-1930, beer, wine, medieval history, French/Belgian/Spanish cookery, Renaissance and art nouveau architecture, literature, European travel, philosophy, metaphysics, progressive rock, history, jazz, stained glass, cycling, cricket
Favorite Movies Heimat, La Dentelliere, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, Love and Death, 2001, Death In Venice, The Apartment, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Casablanca, This Is Spinal Tap, Picnic At Hanging Rock, La Grande Illusion, Oublies-Moi, Withnail and I, Fitzcarraldo, Battleship Potemkin, Eraserhead
Favorite Music Bax, Wagner, Schreker, Delius, Rachmaninov. rock: Kenso, Focus, Steely Dan, Johnny Moped. music of the Minnesaengeren and troubadours, Vangelis, Quincy Jones, Mr Sirius, jazz: Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Philip Catherine
Favorite Books Money (Amis), Success (Amis), Pompey (Meades), museum without walls (Meades), any history, any Janina Ramirez

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