I love meeting new people and sharing conversations and experiences with humans over the world.

I recently left my job as a teacher (French/Spanish) and at the moment I'm reading lots and volunteering with a social/cultural/activist centre in South East London (https://diyspaceforlondon.org/) - come and say hi!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people, share experiences and be part of a community.

Interests

I love to walk in the city or in the country, and to take the time to pay attention to a place rather than to let it pass me by. I love plants and nature, and when I'm not in the city I'm often hiking in the countryside.

I like to read and write a lot. The last thing I wrote was an essay about the blurred distinction between human, organism and machine in post-cybernetic poetic form. I'm currently writing something about capitalism's distortion of the concept of nature. I'm also currently writing doggerel.

• literature
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• philosophy
• visual arts
• whisky
• community
• anarchism
• looking out the window

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently reading:
Jealousy by Robbe-Grillet

Currently listening to lots of:
Reagenz
Aphex Twin
Boards of Canada
Ornette Coleman
Lol Coxhill
Hype Williams

Recent films I thought were rad:
Phantom Thread
Willy 1er
La Soledad
Dead Slow Ahead
British Sounds

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went home for my gran's 80th birthday the other day, we had a great time. Happy Birthday Mavis.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm English and I was a French and Spanish teacher so I can help with those. I love to cook so let's share food.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food/wine/conversation

I spend a lot of time cooking (no meat but I do eat fish), and some of my favourite things to cook/bake are: bread of all kinds, hummous, baba ganoush and other mezze stuff, ash-e reshteh, croquetas, plantain, kedgeree and a lot of Indian food, but particularly sambar and rasam.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Fiji, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Spain