Swimming, salsa, philosophy, cosmology, evolutionary linguistics, theology and related debates, progressivism and feminism, a good cup of tea aka 'universal cure', Angelina Jolie fanaticism, violet chocolates, violets, melodramatic depression, outdated catchphrases, ghetto-speak, free lovelife advice, Mark Sandman, conversations on public transport, PoetiCat, kittens, cats to a lesser degree, child labour, stolen locks of hair, Gunther Von Hagen, my brother, Clea Duvall, buskers, gratuitous sex on TV, Fritz Zwicky, carpet patches warmed by sunlight through the window, couscous, Robbie, sushi, pressing bruises, Chris Corner, masterful procrastination, big and clever swearing, Stephen Fry, freshly brushed teeth, really really fat people, life, death, the smell of rain, New Scientist magazine, truly seedless grapes. Stalking, eugenics, genocide, world conquest, hedonism, pointing and laughing at the unfortunate, drowning puppies and vegetarians, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience and omnimalevolence.
Paul Davies, Mark Sandman, Jesse Spencer and Kate Moennig.
7 seconds of love, Britney Spears (shut up), God Lives Underwater, Garbage, Curve, Folk Implosion, Republica, Hednoize, Lauren Hill/ The Fugees, Tinstar, Madonna, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Garbage, Gorrillaz, Placebo, Tuuli, The Cardigans, Joss Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Sash!, Nick Cave, Beethoven, Tonic, Vivaldi, Birdbrain, Katie Rose, Natasha Bedingfield, The Rolling Stones, Feist, The Automatic, Homegrown, Cake, The Getaway People, Paul Oakenfold, Rihanna, Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, KC and the Sunshine Band, Bedouin Soundclash, The Lovers, HARD-Fi, Lilly, typical student indie trash, and thanks to Wisin & Yandel I've been getting into my reggaeton lately..
Heavenly Creatures is my all time favourite film. After that I love about a million films all equally. This topic requires discussion instead of mere listing.
QI, The L Word, House M.D., 8 out of 10 Cats, Scrubs, Peep Show, Spaced, Nathan Barley, Flight of the Conchords, Wundershowzen, Firefly, Pocoyo, Ally McBeal, Little Britain, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Brasseye, Maury, anything about unfeasibly fat people and, when I'm tired, I'm drawn to Time Team.And those "100 Greatest" things - they fill in whole evenings.
The Origin Of Life, The Mind Of God, The Goldilocks Enigma; All Paul Davies. My favourite childhood book was The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I mostly read non-fiction. It varies wildly, but recurring favourites include the likes of Steven Pinker, Paul Davies, Alain de Botton and various feminist literatures. For lighter relief I enjoy Dostoyesvsky, Solzhenitsyn, Margaret Atwood, Jeannette Winterson, Alice Walker, Donna Tartt, Carrie Fisher, Paulo Coelho, Max Brooks, Stephen Fry and poetry from the likes of Blake, Keats, Tennyson, Poe, and more recently Dylan Thomas and Li Bai. Currently reading Manifesta by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards.
Miniature.