Favourite comic - Bill Bailey
Favourite musicians - Imelda May, Ella Fitzgerald and Guy Garvey/Elbow
Favourite TV Drama's - Brothers and Sisters, Six Feet Under and Happy Valley
Favourite Treats - McCoys Plain Crisps and a piping hot frothy cappucino
Favourite Weather - Bright Autumn Days
Favourite Forms of exercise - Yoga, following the NHS/BBC Couch to 5k programme, gentle cycling
Favourite Wine - Apothic Red and demi-sec CAVA
Favourite meal - fresh pasta with any fresh vegetarian sauce or olive oil, spinach and fresh parmesan and pepper
Favourite film - Love Actually; most things with Al Pacino or Ryan Gosling or Mark Ruffalo
Favourite Festivals - Timber, Latitude and Edingburgh
Favourite places - Skye (Tormore), Hook Norton (Farthings), Home (in the garden especially), Florence
Favourite radio - Archers and Desert Island Discs
Least Favourite things? - Bullies and cruelty to animals