CURRENT MISSION

not to become a polymath

ABOUT ME

I have short brown hair. I try to do about 5 things at a time. I'm left-handed. I hate filling in things like this.

PHILOSOPHY

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By offering my couch (when I have one) and surfing other people's!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed on a couch in Leeds and now I live there.... now THAT is successful couchsurfing.

Interests

Politics and organising, especially around housing, work and urban issues, film, poetry, visual art, swimming, walking, beer, beetles and bottles.

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• singing
• cooking
• beer
• cocktails
• walking
• drinking
• politics
• surfing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

I've been reading quite a lot of non-fiction recently. I love authors who explore boundaries between fact and fiction. My music taste is broad - , and I will see pretty much any film that comes out, because I love going to the cinema.

At the moment:
Books - Doris Lessing, Bertolt Brecht, Ivan Vladisavic,
Music - bluegrass, soul, opera, improv electronica, Chicago juke....
Movies - I most recently enjoyed a film about a textile workers' strike in Leeds in 1970. I quite like films about labour struggles.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Anywhere anyone lives against the odds. Refugee camps, and homes where people live alone.

Teach, Learn, Share

Cooking - anything at all!
Making cocktails.
Drinking cocktails.
Drinking Proper English Beer.
Singing folk songs.
Organising.
Writing propoganda.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom