Music, mainly indie/rock, but also like some classical. Concerts, theatre, art galleries, architecture, (not necessarily knowledgeable about it all!) Crosswords, preferably general knowledge rather than cryptic. Reading, writing (sometimes long-windedly!). Spectating: football, F1,tennis.
Not fussed - so long as they are interesting, genuine,have a sense of humour and love music.
Snow Patrol,The Hours, Thirteen Senses, Reverend and The Makers, Feeder, Newsum Turn, Captain, Zutons, Jet, U2, Coldplay, Embrace, Stereophonics, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Doors, Talking Heads, INXS, Small Faces, Free, Steve Winwood, Who, old Tamla Motown/Atlantic/Stax, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Wagner etc etc etc. Also, lots of newer bands, too numerous to mention
Chariots of Fire, Tin Men, Spinal Tap, A Hard Days Night, The Graduate, West Side Story, High Fidelity, 24 Hr Party People, Rewind -(Stereophonics)
Phoenix Nights, The Office, Desperate Housewives, Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, Jools Holland...Later, Match of the Day, watching some of the bands mentioned above in some shape or form.
"High Fidelity" and "A Long Way Down",Nick Hornby, "To Kill a Mockingbird", Harper Lee, Rock Family Trees, Eats, Shoots and Leaves