| Travel
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Halstatt, Austria. A beautiful lakeside village.
Zug and the Jungfrau Region in Switzerland
Kurland Backpackers Farm, Natures Valley, South Africa
Andalucia, Spain, following in the footsteps of Laurie Lee
Florence and the Chianti Hills, Italy
The Blue Mountains, Katoomba, outside Sydney, Australia
New Hampshire / Vermont (Camp Walt Whitman & Lochearn Camp)
Merzouga and Todra Gorge, Morocco
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| London |
The Oasis Open Air Swimming Pool, Covent Garden
The Little Cloisters in Westminster Abbey
The South Bank: Clink Street, Bankside and the SBC
The George Inn, Borough High Street
Meson Don Philippe, the Waterloo Tapas Bar
Rollerblading in Hyde Park / Kensington Gardens
Approaching St Pauls at night along Fleet Street
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| Leeds |
The International Swimming Pool (sadly now demolished)
Roundhay Park
The avenues leading down to Roundhay Park almost completely enclosed by tall trees
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| San Diego |
Greek Islands Cafe, Seaport Village at sunset, with a large Dark Michelob
The Bike Path between Coronado and Imperial Beach
'E' Avenue, Coronado, with it's majestic gum trees
Mission San Diego's veranda on a hot summers day, relaxing in the shade
On Coronado Beach, near sunset, as the pelicans and terns are fishing.
Past La Jolla Cave, sitting on the cliffs looking out north
Sunset Cliffs, Ocean Beach, and the hidden beach below.
Kilima Point, SD Wild Animal Park.
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| 2003 Films |
Lord of the Rings - Return of the King
Kill Bill - Tarantino's Martial Arts Fest.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - Chuck Barris and the Gong Show
The Man without a Past - Amoungst Helsinki's tramps by the harbour
Punch Drunk Love - Surreal colours
Solaris - George Clooney sci-fi remake
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith adaptation
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| 2002 Films |
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
Gosford Park, Robert Altman's Stately Home who-done-it
28 Days Later - Survivors in post apocalyptic Britain
Donnie Darko - California suburban teenage dream
Talk to Her, Pedro Almodovar
All or Nothing, Mike Leigh
Cool and Crazy - Norwegian Artic Circle Male Choir
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| 2001 Films |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
Almost Famous, teenage journalist follows rock band's tour
Yi Yi, A One and a Two. Tiawanese family drama
The Man who wasn't there, Coen Brothers
Apocalypse Now - Redox
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| 2000 Films |
Gladiators
All About My Mother, Pedro Almodovar
Nurse Betty
Himalaya
The Talented Mr Ripley
In the Mood for Love
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| 1999 Films |
An Autumn Tale, Eric Rohmer
Sleepy Hollow, Tim Burton
Notting Hill
October Sky, set in a West Virginia coalmining village
Afterlife, Japanese story of people's favourite memory
The Sixth Sense
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| 1998 Films |
The Spanish Prisoner, David Mammet
Shall We Dance? Japanese story of a businessman learning to dance.
Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf adaptation
The Truman Show
Kundun - a beautifully set tale of the Dali Lama's upbringing.
Jackie Brown
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Favourite Films
as at July 1999 |
A Summers Tale, Eric Rohmer
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Jacque Demes
Il Postino, Michael Radford
The Truman Show
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Groundhog Day
It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra
Dr Zhivago, David Lean
The Spanish Prisoner, David Mammet
Vanya on 42nd Street
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Favourite Films
as at Nov 1996 |
Groundhog Day
Endless Summer
Vanya on 42nd Street
Lawrence of Arabia
Die Hard
Persuasion
Whats Eating Gilbert Grape
The Accompanist
Remains of the Day
Its a Wonderful Life
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Favourite Films
as at July 1993 |
Dracula
Blade Runner
A League of their Own
Chaplin
White Men Can't Jump
Unforgiven
Gregory's Girl
The Godfather
Groundhog Day
Singles
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| Books |
7 Years in Tibet, Heinrich Harrer
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, Laurie Lee
Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
Castaway, Lucy Irving
The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
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| TV |
Northern Exposure
The Wonder Years
Quantum Leap
Star Trek: The Next Generation (The Inner Light, Best of Both Worlds, First Contact)
The Simpsons
Friends
Cheers
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| Music |
Suzzanne Vega: Luka, In Liverpool and Gypsy
Del Amitre: Nothing Ever Happens
Martha and the Muffins: Echo Beach
Steve Winwood: Back in the high life again
David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
Texas: White on Blonde
Crowded House: Distant Suns, Weather With You, There goes God
Don Henley: Boys of Summer, Sunset Grill and Heart of the Matter
Fiction Factory: Feels like Heaven
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| Computers |
Hacking ZX Spectrum Games
Lords of Midnight / Doomdarks Revenge, Mike Singleton
Programming the Macintosh at University
Battlestar Adventure on sparcs
The Pawn on Atari ST
Sybase Performance tuning
Sim City 3000
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