Sometimes, I like to make lists. I also like facts. Here are some lists of pertinent facts about my life.
Books I have read
All the books I've read, or at least can remember reading; most recent first (except "others" and "unfinished"):
2009
2008
2007
- Palin, Michael — Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years
- Saunders, Kate and Stanford, Peter — Catholics and Sex: From Purity to Purgatory
- "Belle de Jour" — The Secret Adventures of a London Call-Girl
- Paxman, Jeremy — Through the Volcanoes: A Central American journey
- Morgan, Alan — A fine and private place: Jesmond Old Cemetery
- Wallace, Danny — Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe
- Nabokov, Vladimir — Lolita
- Prasad, V. J. — English
as is a Foreign Language
- Asimov, Isaac — I, Robot
2006
- Augustus, Patrick — Don't Make Me Laugh
- Zamyatin, Evgeny — We
- Crystal, David — The English Language
- Orwell, George — Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Cassani, Barbara — Go, an Airline Adventure
- Shelley, Mary — Frankenstein
- Pearson, Michael — Iron Roads to the Far North & Kyle
- Clarkson, Jeremy — The World According to Clarkson
- Schiller, Friedrich — On the Aesthetic Education of Man
2005
- Bolt, Rodney — Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch
- Haddon, Mark — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
- Palin, Michael — Around the World in 80 Days
- Brown, Dan — The Da Vinci Code
- Elizer, Ben — Jewish Humour
- Moore, Michael — Idiot Nation (extracts from "Stupid White Men")
- Haddon, Celia — One Hundred Secret Thoughts Cats Have About Humans
- Clough, Brian — Autobiography
- Enright, Dominique — The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
- Parsons, Tony — Man & Boy
- Tarrant, Chris — Millionaire Moments
- Humphrys, John — Lost for Words
- Bragg, Melvyn — The Adventure of English
- Granado, Alberto — Travelling with Che Guevara
2004
Other
- Barry, Robert — A Theory of Almost Everything: A Scientific and Religious Quest for Ultimate Answers
- Bradbury, Ray — Fahrenheit 451
- Dahl, Roald — "The Twits", "James and the Giant Peach", "Boy", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", inter alia
- Dickens, Charles — Great Expectations
- Dickens, Charles — Oliver Twist
- Elton, Ben — This Other Eden
- Ganjabhang, Dr. V. S. — The Pothead's Little Instruction Book
- Lee, Harper — To Kill a Mockingbird
- Lewis, C.S. — The Chronicles of Narnia (complete series)
- Lorca, Federico García — Bodas de Sangre (Spanish)
- Márquez, Gabriel García — Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Spanish)
- Orwell, George — Animal Farm
- Shakespeare, William — A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Shakespeare, William — Romeo and Juliet
- Truss, Lynn — Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Unfinished
to be continued...
Airports I have used
Terminals are indicated where known;
Motorways
A list of motorways I've driven. Whole lengths in any direction shown as $.
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
France
Germany
Italy
Luxembourg
Switzerland