I came to Machynlleth to do a Masters in 2007 and never left, so be warned.

I've been involved in lots of social movements, so I guess I'm an activist. I work for a great charity doing graphic design, research and training.

I love reading (especially sci-fi), night walks in cities, talking about culture and politics, outdoors swimming, puns, designing things, playing board games or frisbee and dancing to disco.

I'm working to be a better person, a better white straight male ally / general non-idiot.

Obsessed with the microbiome, everything that calls us humans 'home'. I can talk about this for a long time.

I am good at cooking and cleaning, I will happily help with this if you host me.

If you like XKCD or bell hooks we will definitely get along.

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

Back from a long trip meeting CS'ers and being hosted a few times, keen to give back to the community. I've hosted a lot under an old shared profile of the Cooperative House I live in.

Интересы

• graphic design
• politics
• board games
• electronic music
• activism
• sci-fi
• ultimate frisbee
• graphic novels
• decolonization
• ngos
• racial justice
• intersectional feminism

Музыка, кино и книги

Music—I blame my Dad for getting me into a load of cheesy old electro synth, like OMD, Human League, Ultravox, Frankie Goes to Hollywood etc. I love modern classical like Nils Farhm, Philip Glass, Ludovico Einaudi, Jóhann Jóhannsson etc. And then Northern Soul and Motown, mmmm. Oh, and Disco, of course Disco.

Books—Lots of sci-fi, Ursula Le Guin, Octavia Butler, Asimov, NK Jemisin, KSR, Nnedi Okorafor, Nalo Hopkinson, Bradbury etc.

Podcasts—All the Podcast, oh jeez, particularly love RadioLab, Fearless Rebelle, Love + Radio and 99% Invisible.

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

Just recently I was sitting in the Japanese Museum of Modern Art when the Emperor of Japan and the Swedish Royal Family walked in and blocked my view of a lovely screen by Gyokudo. Maybe that's not amazing, just rude.

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

I can teach English (badly), graphic/web design (goodly) and cooking British soups and stews (like a boss).

I would love to learn more about the culture, language and politics of your country if you're from outside the UK...

Где я побывал(-а)

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Monaco, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Где я жил(-а)

England, India, Russian Federation, Wales