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Biography
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Born: South London
Parents: Two
Star sign: Scorpio
Chinese astrology: Dog
What is the significance of this? I have no idea, but it sounds like it would be worth watching in a ring.
Current favourite joke: Two fish in a tank. One says to the other, 'Can you drive this thing?'
Current favourite city: Rio Branco
Current favourite book: 'The Winter Of Frankie Machine' by Don Winslow. I'm back into crime.
Current favourite age: 4. This seems to be going down. I don't know why.
Current favourite album: 'Illmatic' by Nas. I'm feeling old school
Current favourite movie: 'Hunger'. The Steve McQueen film about Bobby Sands. It's amazing. Though I'm glad I don't have to watch it again.
Current favourite word: Lugubrious
Current favourite drug: Nurofen migraine
Current favourite fruit: Apples. Preferably Braeburns.
Some publications for which I've written: The Washington Post, The Observer, Building, Hospital Doctor, The Face, The OSM, Doctor, Minx, The Times, The Telegraph, Marie-Claire, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian, Harpers and Queen, The Sunday Tribune, The Standard, Mixmag, Sky, Q, Time Out, Tatler, Esquire, High Life
Some people who've commissioned my short stories: 'Big Night Out', 'Another Late Night', Tatler, 'Picador New Writing 12', Westside Storeys, Fabric Magazine, Quintessentially Magazine, 'Twelve Days', Carlos Magazine, 'The Book Of Voices', Book Trust, BBC Radio 4, The Times
3 signs of impending middle age: 1. A strange baldness about the calf. 2. A dislike of teenagers. 3. A subscription to the Front Row podcast.
Number of original ideas I've had in the last decade: 3
Number of good ideas I've had in the last decade: 1
3 bad habits: 1. Lying 2.Lying about lying 3. Scratching my nuts
6 songs I know all the words to: 1.'Knowhow' by Young MC 2.'Up The Junction' by Squeeze 3.'Crossover' by EPMD 4.'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes' 5.'Get Down' by Nas 6.'No Limit' by 2 Unlimited
10 languages into which I've been translated: 1. French 2.Italian 3.Russian 4.Latvian 5.Serbian 6. Portuguese 7.Greek 8.Chinese 9.Japanese 10.German
3 things that currently irritate me: 1. Being asked if I want a biscuit, cake or muffin with my coffee. If I want one, I'll order one. I genuinely don't need prompting. Likewise, I don't want a half price bar of chocolate with my newspaper. 2. Kissing strangers. What am I, French? 3. Rush hour tube silence. What am I, Japanese?
1 book I didn't get that everyone else thought was brilliant: 'Suite Francaise' by Irene Nemirovsky
1 book I loved even though it's pretty boring for the most part: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
1 word I recently used in completely the wrong context: Capricious
But most of these things change ...
