(Hobbies & Favourite Things - In no particular order)

Classic motorbikes & restorations, Live Gigs, MotoGP, Isle of Man TT, Olivers Mount.

Sports

Squash, Tai Chi.

Dishes

Sunday Roast, Fish and Chips, Lamb Tagine.

Chefs 

Anthony Bourdain, Marco Pierre White, Mike Preston, Raymond Blanc, Rick Stein.

Holiday Destinations

San Antonio - Texas, New York, Queensland, Ibiza, France, Spain, Morocco.

Instruments

Bass guitar and Drums. 

Guitar & Blues

Robert Lucas.

Drummer

Buddy Rich.

Favourite Male Actors

Edward.G. Robinson, Clint Eastwood, George C. Scott, Marlon Brando, Anthony Hopkins, John Mills, Sydney Poitier, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Sean Connery.

Female Actresses 

Simone Signoret, Lauren Bacall, Raquel Welch, Helen Mirren, Halle Berry.

Musical Artists 

Johnny Hallyday, Miles Davis, Jimmy Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker, BB King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Lucas.

My Best Vocal Singer

Joe Cocker

Female Performers 

Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Grace Jones, Dolly Parton, Joan Armatrading, Sheryl Crow.

Likes

Rock, Blues, Country & Western and Jazz.

Arts & Culture

Van Gogh, Aboriginal Art, Rodin, Banksy.

Classical Composer

Mozart, Vaughan Williams.

My favourite Song

With a little help from my friends by Joe COCKER

My favourite Musical Track 

Toto - Rosanna.

Film Directors 

Akira Kurusawa, Sam Peckinpath, Francis Ford Coppola and Quentin Tarantino.

Movies

Yojimbo, The Chase, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Seven Samurai, The Wild Bunch.

TV series 

The Prisoner, NCIS with Cote de Pablo, Friends, Black Adder Goes Forth, Porridge, Dad’s Army, Dudley Moore and Peter Cook.

Books 

Remembrance of Things Past, To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Catcher in the Rye, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Saigon.

Favourite Writers 

Marcel Proust, Alexandre Dumas, Stieg Larsson, John Le Carré.

Quote 

After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done.

Hates

Marmite, Frogs legs.

My Character 

Politically incorrect.

Regrets

Not having seen Jimmy Hendrix perform live.

Male Icon 

Muhammad Ali

Female Icon

Brigitte Bardot

Other

I am a Christian and would like to believe that I still live in a Christian based country.

Alternative Religion

Buddhism.

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