Photography, reading, the visual arts and culture, travel, meeting people, eating out, current affairs, writing, railways.
All my new friends, particularly those with a warm, positive spirit and an open mind.
Jazz, Rare-groove, RnB, Hip-Hop, Pop, Classical, Latin, World music
Thrillers, Romance, Sci-fi, Action, Drama, Art-house. A few recommended samples are: Training Day, Before Sunset, Matrix trilogy, Terminator, Glengarry Glen Ross, Le Mans.
Documentaries and Docu-dramas; The Shield, BattleStar Galactica (new version), Heroes
Mostly non-fiction: Geoffrey Freeman Allen.
The engineers (particularly in transport), the people who give our world the comforts we too often take for granted. Stand up Brunel, Roe and Haworth!