Nicholas J. Rogers
Blogs I follow
| Industry | Communications or Media |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Public Affairs Executive |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I'm 23 and live in West Norwood with my partner Liam. The rest you can find out by reading my blog... |
| Interests | Airships, aviation, space flight, ocean liners, architecture, writing, transport in general, music, film, reading, Napoleon (and his marshals), French history, World War 2 (history, films etc.), Wimbledon, art, design, M&Ms (peanut), Conservative politics, history, Roman Empire, badminton, France |
| Favorite Movies | Silence of the Lambs, Lawrence of Arabia, The Right Stuff, Manhattan, Annie Hall, October Sky, Hannah and her Sisters, Flight of the Phoenix, The X Files Movie, Le Chagrin et la Pitié, The Sound Barrier, The White Diamond, Downfall, The Aviator, Godfather Trilogy, Citizen X, Zulu, Black Book, Perfume, The Last King of Scotland, The Emperor's New Clothes, V for Vendetta, Buena Vista Social Club, The Lives of Others, The Man Who Would Be King, Waterloo, anything by Hitchcock, Thank You For Smoking, The Good Shepherd, In the Shadow of the Moon, The Towering Inferno (most disaster films, in fact), Bridge on the River Kwai, L.A. Confidential, Amadeus, L'Armee des Ombres, The Birdcage, Frost / Nixon |
| Favorite Music | Ludwig van Beethoven, Mika, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Bob Dylan, J. S. Bach, Wolfgang Mozart, Handel, Gershwin (x2), John Lee Hooker, Ella Fitzgerald, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Dr. John, Edith Piaf, Thomas Augustus Arne, Professor Longhair, Dolly Parton (yeehaw), Kraftwerk, Herbie Hancock, Charles Trenet, Holst, Frank Sinatra, Charles Aznavour, Edward Elgar, Dire Straits, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Frederic Chopin, Boccherini, Aaron Copland, Nina Simone, Tom Lehrer, David Bowie, Compay Segundo, William Walton, Sibelius, Rolling Stones, Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Smith, Ray Brown, Otis Redding, Michael Nyman, Mascagni, Jacques Loussier, Gene Harris, William Orbit, Rachmaninov, Ry Cooder, Bellydance Beats, William Shatner, Stephan Grappelli, Duke Ellington, Dionne Warwick, The Doors, ELO, Richard Wagner, Taj Mahal, Billie Holiday, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Frank Zappa, James Taylor Quartet, The Mamas and the Papas, Joni Mitchell, Jean-Michel Jarre, Crosby Stills & Nash, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elvis Costello, Simon & Garfunkel, Boby Darin |
| Favorite Books | Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, Napoleon by Vincent Cronin, Augustus by Allan Massie, 1984 by George Orwell, Rubicon by Tom Holland, Nelson: A Dream of Glory by John Sugden, Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine by Douglas Botting, The Millionth Chance by James Leasor, Mindhunter by John Douglas, Rocket Boys by Homer Hickham, Wind Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Graf Zeppelin by J. Gordon Vaeth, Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer, My Zeppelins by Dr. Hugo Eckener, The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, Marshal Ney by Raymond Horricks, The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin, Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K. Gann, Leadership by Rudy Giuliani, Lord Thomson's Folly by Nicholas J. Rogers |