To meet people, both in my own home and on my travels, to share stories, make new friends, broaden horizons!

Music - the beatles, goldfrapp, belle and sebastian, beck, super furry animals, groove armada, massive attack, gomez, daftpunk, pink floyd, beth orton, lady smith black mambazo, heavy K, nick drake, incredible string band, muse, lemon jelly, too many djs, mo horizons Movies - saving grace, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, about time, silver linings playbook, little miss sunshine, kill bill, paul, hot fuzz, notebook, the englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain Books - life of pi, american gods, map of love, the red tent, the kite runner, my dirty little book of stolen time, shadow of the wind, his dark materials trilogy, wolf brother, the book thief, hat full of sky, poisonwood bible, the last report of the miracle at little no horse, where d'ya go bernadette?