Attempting to teach the children of tomorrow the value of protractors and why carpets are for sitting, not wiping bogeys on.
the clash the smiths belle and sebastian stone roses pulp billy bragg arctic monkeys blur the go betweens rilo kiley low the lucksmiths the strokes yeah yeah yeahs nick drake bob dylan otis redding mogwai modest mouse joanna newsom serena maneesh the small faces doves british sea power teenage fanclub the beatles parliament oasis the lemonheads bright eyes camera obscura the shins the pixies the pogues the sleepy jackson hope of the states joy zipper badly drawn boy lambchop mazzy star love new order phil spector my bloody valentine primal scream wilson pickett portishead the white stripes francoise hardy arcade fire happy mondays beulah ian dury neko case vic godard the flaming lips david bowie mystery jets regina spektor johnny cash trash can sinatras elbow nirvana animals that swim sam cooke the magnetic fields sigur ros rufus and martha wainwright will oldham the spinto band dinosaur jr howling bells pavement the be good tanyas
shane meadows mike leigh richard linklater ken loach martin scorsese sofia coppola quentin tarantino a matter of life and death city of god one flew over the cuckoos nest garden state and zulu
things that make me laugh and dont feature the words 'celebrity' 'how clean is your' or 'jimmy carr'
Charles Dickens F Scott Fitzgerald Ian McEwan David Mitchell Jonathan Safran Foer Irvine Welsh Patrick Hamilton Saul Bellow Graham Swift Evelyn Waugh Martin Amis George Orwell and The Victor
Mr Toad and Jimmy White