Favourite Visual Artist
Seurat
Favourite Movies
Fight Club & My Fair Lady
Favourite Books
Thucydides. I know it's like the third book ever, but it tells you why Rome lasted and Greece didn't, and its ethics arguably resonate more strongly today than 2500 years ago, and it's still a damn good story.
Favourite Writers
Shelly, Auden, Pushkin, Murakami, Mahfouz
Favourite Games
Hexagon & VVVVVV. Yes, this is nerdier than the Thucydides, and no I am not sorry.
Tools of the Trade
Fountain pen, legal pad, Oxford English Dictionary
Other Interests
Photography, rock climbing, barefoot running, astronomy, weird martial arts from SE Asia