My blogs

Blogs I follow

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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