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Decent music by real songwriters who have worked hard. History, Films, the outdoor life. Anything that's original and creative. Also interested in ghosts and things that can't be easily explained.

Too numerous to mention, but directors include Clint Eastwood, Peter Weir, Sam Mendes, Michael Mann to name but a few. Favourite genres: Mainly historical and westerns. Favourite actors and actresses include Robin Williams, Clint Eastwood, Daniel Day Lewis, Gene Wilder, Bill Murray, Tom Hardy, Tim Curry, Michael Praed, Michael Keaton, Anne Marie Duff, Sean Bean, Winona Ryder etc. All time favourite TV Series include Robin of Sherwood, Sharpe, Cadfael, The Virgin Queen & anything from the 80's.

Mainly: RYAN ADAMS, THE CURE, PLACEBO & RADIOHEAD. Broad musical taste from Gregorian Plainsong and classical including Ludovico Einaudi, Phamie Gow, through to Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix, Queen, Joy Division, Marc Bolan, Eric Clapton, Simon and Garfunkel, Tracy Chapman, The Horse Thieves, Tyler Rix, James Blunt, Brett Ryan Stewart, Whiskeytown, Martin Phipps, John Tams, Guillemots, Davy Spillane, Thomas Newman, John Mayer, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Beth Orton, The Stone Roses, Mark Knopfler, Enya, Clannad, Jan Garbarek, The Charlatans, The Smashing Pumpkins, Simon Wilcox, Steve Winwood, The Sundays, The Verve and Nick McCabe's guitar-playing, Imogen Heap. Marilyn Manson's interviews. Background Photo: Ryan Adams by Laura Musselman.

When I get the chance, which isn't very often I don't usually read fiction, preferring factual books. Mainly history especially Medieval & Tudor. Also the series of books by Jim Corbett's accounts from India.