Skiing and the mountains, philosophy, music, cooking, motorbikes, flying helicopters and light aircraft (but especially helicopters).
Anybody that is prepared to meet me.
Just about everything that isn't a cacophony of noise... but jazz/blues are very nice as are classic bands of the last 40 years and especially piano/vocalists including Elton, Billy, Ray and many others. I like doing rather than listnening and wouldn't be without a piano (I have three scattered around)!
The Castle (watched that so many times, so funny), bubblegum shoot-em-ups like anything with Bruce or Arnie in it for when I want to give the brain a rest, great classic films like Casablanca and It's a Wonderful Life. Anything that makes me laugh like Happy Gilmore and Blazing Saddles.
I don't tend to watch TV for diversion therapy so probably don't watch as much as most people.I love anything that broadens my persepctive so am a mug for political debate like Question Time and news analysis programmes. Any documentary type programme that is well done and about something I'm not totally disinterested in is also OK. Science Fiction is always fun like Red Dwarf and Dr Who.
Very boringly most of the books I read are text books but I do like to read the Times cover to cover on a lazy sunday when time permits. In the past I have devoured the complete works of Robert Heinlein, John Wyndham, Larry Niven, Harry Harrisson and other science fiction authors and more recently read the Da Vinci Code since it made such an impact (and thoroughly enjoyed it). I was given "Chaos Theory" a while ago and really enjoyed that too. Generally though, I don't read a lot of fiction.
I'm not sure I have any heroes. All of the obvious hero targets seem to have a bit of non-hero bits hiding in their cupboards that makes them less palatable.There are people that you can't help but admire though, like great musicians, actors or statesmen, but you tend to admire just the one or two bits you see. We're all a little like icebergs and some of us have very pretty tips.