FAVOURITE BOOKS
Master & Margarita, N. Bulgakov - simply the greatest ever written. If you have never heard of it, search it out and read it now!
Tailor of Gloucester, B. Potter - for the evocative language and the magnificent illustration.
Homage to Catalonia, G. Orwell - the futility of war. Doesn’t have the bleakness of 1984 nor the story telling gloss of Animal Farm but it is gripping and evocative.
Penhaligon, A. Penhaligon - Inspiring stuff.
Anatomy of Power, J.K. Galbraith - Actually, anything by Galbraith. He’s not always right but at least he presents an intelligent challenge to ‘conventional’ neo liberal views of economics.
FILMS
American Beauty - I decided to have my mid-life crisis early.
Casablanca - I defy anyone not to cry at the Marseillaise scene.
Fargo - Actually, most stuff by the Cohen Brothers but this is sublime.
All the President’s Men - the best political film ever.
The Draghtsman’s Contract - Peter Greenaway’s weird and wonderful masterpiece.
The Paper Will Be Blue - The best of Romania’s new cinema
MUSIC
The Road, Turin Brakes
Badge, Cream
Oh Well, Fleetwood Mac
Ballard of Johnnie McGhee, Janis Joplin
Cello Concerto, Elgar
Chelsea Morning, Joni Mitchell
Judy Blue Eyes, Crosby Stills and Nash
FAVOURITE NEW MEDIA
