ummmm...
The Smiths, Joy Division, The Cure and more eighties miserable music. Interpol. Oh and Maximo Park! Apartment, British Sea Power, Le Tigre, Britney Spears, Charlotte Hatherley, Blur, The Clash, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Cribs, The Futureheads, Gang of Four, You and the Atom Bomb, The Organ, The Pipettes, Girls Aloud, The Go! Team, Clor, Arcade Fire, The Rakes, The Concretes, Electrelane, Clap your hands and say yeah, The National,The Ravonettes, Talking Heads, Wheels' rapping, VHS or Beta, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Brakes, The Beach Boys, The Stills, Tom Vek, The Dears, Editors, The Departure, Jeff Buckley, Pixies, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, We are Scientists, LCD soundsystem, Devo, Gemma Hayes, Brendan Benson, The Jam, Metric, Stellastar*, The Walkmen, Postal Service, Bloc Party, BLondie, The Coral. Oh and can't forget the Playwrights.
Eastenders, hollyoaks, corry.. i just love the soaps!
George Orwell, Jonathan Coe, J.D Salinger (no nikki 'catcher in the rye' is amazing!), Rosemond Lehmann, Isabel Allende.
Beatrice Webb, Shelia Rowbotham, Peter Townsend