| Occupation: | | Retired PR consultant | | Education: | | Grammar school and college. Graduated in advertising, marketing and public relations degree level courses. Was M.CAM and MIPR | | Heritage: | | White caucasian. Born in Cumbria. Lived for most of my life in the south particularly in West Sussex for over 30 years | | Religion: | | Fluid do attend church services if a partner is religious - I am more mystically inclined. I do feel there is a controlling influence to the universe. My interest in music confirms such belief | | Politics: | | Centre right. I voted for Brexit | | Appearance: | | Slim. Average looks | | Languages Spoken: | | French, Schoolboy French but very haltingly. | | Musical Instruments played: | | I am very interested in classical music, jazz and classical film music. I left learning the piano far too late. I review music recordings and DVDs and I have given pre-concert talks and led special interest HF holidays in music appreciation | | Music Enjoyed: | | Blues, Choral, Classical, Jazz, Opera, Soft Rock, Swing, 50s music, 60s music, Catholic tastes including classic pop from Gershwin, Cole Porter Rogers & Hammerstein etc etc | | Sports and exercise: | | What not included golf??? I am not very good as a sportsman. Was very uncoordinated when young. Like watching some sports but not football! |
| | Interests and activities: | | Art, Ballet, Cars, Computers, Concerts, Countryside, Crosswords, Eating Out, Friends, History, Internet, Photography, Politics, Reading, Theatre, Travel, TV, Walking, Writing | | Animals and Pets: | | Live in an apartment. Pets prohibited but do like cats | | Newspapers and magazines: | | Telegraph | | Books: | | Agatha Christie, Bill Bryson, Charles Dickens, Dan Brown, Ian Fleming, J. R. R. Tolkien, James Patterson, John Grisham, John Le Carré, Julian Barnes, Louis de Bernieres, Nick Hornby, Robert Ludlum, Sebastian Faulks | | Favourite Films: | | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Carry on Nurse, Casablanca, Cinema Paradiso, Citizen Kane, ET, From Russia with Love, The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, Jean de Florette, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Les Enfants du Paradis, Maltese Falcon, Manhattan, Some Like It Hot, 2001, Plus Dr Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and some more continental films | | Enjoyable evening out: | | Art Gallery, Cinema, Restaurant, Musical, Theatre | | Favourite Dishes: | | A Chinese banquet, Handmade Pizza, Lobster Thermidor, Pate de Foie Gras, Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding, Steak and chips | | Ideal Holiday: | | Disneyland, Driving across the US, Driving slowly around Ireland, Learning to paint in Provence | | In another life: | | Jimmy Stewart, Leonardo Da Vinci, Napoleon, Neil Armstrong, a cat, an artist, an author, an explorer, a film director, a musician, a travel writer | | Personality: | | Affectionate, Adventurous, Aware, Caring, Cautious, Cheerful, Confident, Considerate, Creative, Different, Friendly, Generous, Humorous, Imaginative, Intellectual, Loving, Mad, Modest, Positive, Proactive, Reliable, Reserved, Romantic, Sensitive, Sensual, Sentimental, Serious, Shy, Sociable, Strong, Thoughtful, Tolerant |
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