I love – lucy, elsa, alex and flora. my family. my friends. life itself. arsenal. staring out of the window. surfing [well, body boarding really]. cycling. kites. karaoke ( signature number “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town” by Kenny Rogers). yoga. spain. scotland.
I veg – Mad Men [predictable, I know]. The Sopranos. The Royle Family. The Simpsons. The Larry Sanders Show. The Office. In The Country with Jack Hargreaves. Curb Your Enthusiasm. You’ve Been Framed. New You’ve Been Framed. Best of You’ve Been Framed. Christmas You’ve Been Framed. Peep Show. Pulling. Question Time. Game of Thrones.
I popcorn – Godfather 1 & 2 but definitely not 3. Goodfellas. Casino. Double Indemnity. The Odd Couple. The Last Picture Show. Apocalypse Now. Kes. Midnight Cowboy. Strictly Ballroom. King Kong [1933, Jackson’s effort not bad, but lacks the mystery of the original]. Frankenstein [1931]. Bride of Frankenstein. The Seven Faces of Dr Lao. Walkabout. The Sweet Smell of Success. The Virgin Suicides. Badlands. Days of Heaven. Night of the Hunter. The Graduate. The Life of Brian. Chinatown. Sunset Boulevard. Pan’s Labyrinth. This Is Spinal Tap. Manhattan. Harold and Maude. Best in Show. Don’t Look Now. The King of Comedy. Once Upon a Time in America. Toy Story 2. Get Carter [British original]. Er…Anchorman, sorry.
I Pod – John Martyn. Sonny Boy Williamson. Kanye West. Bruce Springsteen. Miles Davis. Burt Bacharach. Reggae. Country & Western (for real, no irony). Gil Scott Heron. Keith Jarrett. Frank Sinatra. Black Uhuru. Led Zep. The Rolling Stones. Most 70’s soul/r&b/funk. The Jam. Alison Goldfrapp. White Stripes. Isaac Hayes. Maceo Parker. Captain Beefheart. Beach Boys. Bonnie Prince Billy. Brian Eno. Nancy Sinatra. Richard Hawley. Steve Reich. Neil Young. Nina Simone. Neil Diamond. The Byrds. Love. John Martyn again.
I hate - people standing too close to the baggage carousels at airports. litter. any gristle in meat products. indifference. bad manners.
I read - James Elroy. Chuck Palahniuk. Phil Hogan. Philip Pullman. John Le Carre. Jorge Luis Borges. John Pilger. Alan Watts. Graham Greene. The Guardian. Robert Anton Wilson. Joseph Conrad. Any magazine I find.
I respect – Buddha. Jesus. Mandela. Gandhi. Arsene Wenger [but not as much as I used to]. Brad Brown. Mohammed Ali.
I admire – Penn. Avedon. Arbus. Emmet Gowan. Milton H. Greene. Mitch Epstein. Egglestone. Teller. Parr. Tillmans.
I eat - double egg, chips, beans, two toast and a cup of tea. italian. watermelons. salt & vinegar crisps. all other flavours of crisps. kit-kats from fridge. mexican. oysters. fish & chips.
I worry/fret – about the world I inhabit, US foreign policy. about the world my kids will inhabit, Chinese foreign policy.
Accenture
ATP
Christian Aid
Reuters
City National Bank
Ford
Corus
BT
Royal Mail
Premier League
Budweiser
Innocent
Reebok
The Design Council
WH Smiths
Sainsburys
Virgin
COI
EMI
Securicor
Estee Lauder
Boots
Ben Sherman
Vodafone
The Football Association
BBC
Channel 4
Mitre
Guinness World Records
Tate
Betfair
The Observer
Hilton International
Logica
Mubadala
TomTom
Npower
Abu Dhabi
NS&I
Petro Canada
Skandia
The Royal Academy