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London, England, United Kingdom
@HARRYWHITTLE
Member since 2011
Medical student at UCL, livin in Bethnal Green, East London. Day to day? Stickin needles in people, and tryin to dodge the hipsters while gentrifying the English grit of this beautiful urban enclave as little as middle-class possible.
Interested in Movies
Fluent in English
Learning French
1 Vouch
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Because London is the centre of the universe, and everyone should dig it.
Music, Movies, and Books
Many a movie, book and song . . . here's some very loose top 5's: Films - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, This Is England, American Beauty, La Haine, City of God Music - Pixies, Rolling Stones, Radiohead, Neutral Milk Hotel, Clash (but then anything goes: indie, reggae, punk, house, funk, soul, ska, hiphop...) Books - The Road to Wigan Pier, Naked Lunch, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Big Sur
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Hitch-hiked from Cambridge to Istanbul, all the wayyyyyyyyyy
Teach, Learn, Share
Apparently it's possible to live off Guinness and avocado alone. I don't believe that.
What I Can Share With Hosts
Comic flatmates, a projector, and good old-fashioned fun yo.
My Interests
Football, social justice, anthropology, cinema - maybe in that order, depending on whether Liverpool win.