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Sometimes, I like to make lists. I also like facts. Here are some lists of pertinent facts about my life.
Films I have seen
[edit]In cinema and 2009 and onwards only:
- Up in the Air
- Entre les murs
- Flammen og Citronen
- Che (parts 1 & 2)
- The Age of Stupid
- Milk
- Lesbian Vampire Killers
- The Boat That Rocked
- The Damned United
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Knowing
- The Road ("芳香之旅" / "Fang xiang zhi lu"; 2006 Chinese film, unrelated to 2009 U.S.A. film) [1]
- The Reader (2008)
- Religulous
- Låt den rätte komma in
- In The Loop
- Way Down East (1920)
- Paper Dolls
- Sleep Furiously [2] [3]
- Pour Elle [4]
- Looking for Eric
- A Stravinsky Portrait
- American Madness
- Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo
- Soul Power (2008)
- Brüno
- Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- A Matter of Size (2009)
- The Amorous Prawn (1962)
- Démanty noci (1964)
- Four Lions (2010)
- Le Concert (2009)
- Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) (2010)
- No Impact Man (2009)
- Metropolis (1927, 2010 restoration)
- Red (2010)
- Burke and Hare (2010)
- 127 Hours
- Paul
- Black Swan
- Green Lantern
- Bad Teacher
- Horrible Bosses
- Friends with Benefits
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- Shame
- The Artist
- Death in Venice
Books I have read
[edit]All the books I've read, or at least can remember reading; most recent first (except "others" and "unfinished"):
2009
[edit]- Lewycka, Marina — A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
- McKie, David — Great British Bus Journeys: Travels Through Unfamous Places
- Marchant, Ian — Parallel Lines
- Stevens, Tess — Sold
- Goldacre, Ben — Bad Science
2008
[edit]- Crace, Jim — The Pesthouse
- Haddon, Mark — A Spot of Bother
2007
[edit]- Palin, Michael — Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years
- Saunders, Kate and Stanford, Peter — Catholics and Sex: From Purity to Purgatory
- "Belle de Jour" — The Secret Adventures of a London Call-Girl
- Paxman, Jeremy — Through the Volcanoes: A Central American journey
- Morgan, Alan — A fine and private place: Jesmond Old Cemetery
- Wallace, Danny — Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe
- Nabokov, Vladimir — Lolita
- Prasad, V. J. — English
asis a Foreign Language - Asimov, Isaac — I, Robot
2006
[edit]- Augustus, Patrick — Don't Make Me Laugh
- Zamyatin, Evgeny — We
- Crystal, David — The English Language
- Orwell, George — Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Cassani, Barbara — Go, an Airline Adventure
- Shelley, Mary — Frankenstein
- Pearson, Michael — Iron Roads to the Far North & Kyle
- Clarkson, Jeremy — The World According to Clarkson
- Schiller, Friedrich — On the Aesthetic Education of Man
2005
[edit]- Bolt, Rodney — Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch
- Haddon, Mark — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
- Palin, Michael — Around the World in 80 Days
- Brown, Dan — The Da Vinci Code
- Elizer, Ben — Jewish Humour
- Moore, Michael — Idiot Nation (extracts from "Stupid White Men")
- Haddon, Celia — One Hundred Secret Thoughts Cats Have About Humans
- Clough, Brian — Autobiography
- Enright, Dominique — The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
- Parsons, Tony — Man & Boy
- Tarrant, Chris — Millionaire Moments
- Humphrys, John — Lost for Words
- Bragg, Melvyn — The Adventure of English
- Granado, Alberto — Travelling with Che Guevara
2004
[edit]- Klein, Naomi — No Logo
- Schlosser, Eric — Fast Food Nation
Other
[edit]- Barry, Robert — A Theory of Almost Everything: A Scientific and Religious Quest for Ultimate Answers
- Bradbury, Ray — Fahrenheit 451
- Dahl, Roald — "The Twits", "James and the Giant Peach", "Boy", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", inter alia
- Dickens, Charles — Great Expectations
- Dickens, Charles — Oliver Twist
- Elton, Ben — This Other Eden
- Ganjabhang, Dr. V. S. — The Pothead's Little Instruction Book
- Lee, Harper — To Kill a Mockingbird
- Lewis, C.S. — The Chronicles of Narnia (complete series)
- Lorca, Federico García — Bodas de Sangre (Spanish)
- Márquez, Gabriel García — Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Spanish)
- Orwell, George — Animal Farm
- Shakespeare, William — A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Shakespeare, William — Romeo and Juliet
- Truss, Lynn — Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Unfinished
[edit]- Hitler, Adolf — Mein Kampf [abandoned - too long and boring]
- Scruton, Roger — Kant: A Very Short Introduction [started but stopped, but will return]
- Solnit, Rebecca – Wanderlust: a History of Walking [abandoned - too long and boring]
- Tolkein, J.R.R. — The Hobbit [abandoned - too long and boring]
to be continued...
Capital Cities that I have visited
[edit]- Amsterdam — note
- Belfast
- Berlin
- Bratislava
- Brussels
- Cardiff
- Copenhagen
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- London
- Paris
- Port Louis
- Prague
- San Marino
- Stockholm
- Vienna
Gigs I have been to
[edit]A by no means exhaustive list
- 3 Colours Red
- AntiProduct × 2 or 3 at least
- Chas & Dave
- Ginger
- Lemon Jelly
- Madness
- Porcupine Tree × 2
- Radiohead
- Super Furry Animals
- Travis × 2
- The Wildhearts
- Thom Yorke
Festivals
[edit]- All-American Rejects
- Beck
- Blur
- British Sea Power
- Electric Six
- Grandaddy
- Keane
- The Polyphonic Spree
- Spooks
- The Streets
- Arctic Monkeys
- DJ Shadow
- Fun Lovin' Criminals
- Guillemots
- De Kevers — Dutch Beatles cover band
- Lostprophets
- The Magic Numbers
- Massive Attack
- Michael Franti & Spearhead
- Muse
- Orson
- Placebo
- Spinvis
- Supergrass
- The Family Mahone
- 3 Daft Monkeys
- Stackridge
- Joe Brown
- The Levellers
- Legend
- Midge Ure
- Fairport Convention and friends (including Robert Plant)
Lowlands 2008
[edit]- Henry Rollins (spoken word)
- Roni Size & Reprazent
- Hot Chip
- Pendulum
- Beardyman
- British Sea Power
- Franz Ferdinand
- Sex Pistols
- Gogol Bordello
- Tricky
- Crystal Castles
- The Dresden Dolls
- Leila
- Chris Cunningham
- Plaid
- Aphex Twin & Hecker
- Nightmares on Wax
- !!!
Metro systems on which I have travelled the entire network
[edit]- Croydon Tramlink
- Docklands Light Railway
- Glasgow Subway
- Midland Metro
- Nottingham Express Transit
- Prague Metro
- Tyne and Wear Metro
Nearly there
[edit]- London Underground
- remaining sections
Airlines on which I have travelled
[edit]- Air Mauritius
- Air France
- bmi
- British Airways
- CityJet (for Air France)
- EasyJet
- Go Fly
- Jet2.com
- Ryanair
- transavia.com
- VLM Airlines
Airports I have used
[edit]Terminals are indicated where known;
- AMS
- ARN
- BFS
- BHX
- Terminal 2 (arrival only)
- BLQ
- CDG
- Terminal 2E (arrival only)
- DUB
- EDI
- KRN
- LCY
- LHR
- Terminal 1 (arrival only)
- Terminal 2 (departure only)
- Terminal 3
- Terminal 5
- LTN
- MAN
- Terminal 3 (departure only)
- MRU
- NCL
- ORY
- Ouest (departure only)
- PRG
- RTM
- STN
- SXF
- TRS
Cars
[edit]Drive
[edit]- 2000 Ford Fiesta (1.3L, p, m)
Driven
[edit]- 2002 Rover 45 (1.8L, d, m)
- 2005 Ford Focus (1.6L, p, m)
- 2000 Ford Fiesta Van (d, m)
- 200? Vauxhall Astra Van (1.7L, d, m)
- 1998 Volkswagen Polo (1.4L, p, m)
- 2003 Vauxhall Corsa (1.2L, d, m)
- 2004 Ford Fiesta (p, m)
- 198? Austin Metro (1.1L, p, m)
Motorways
[edit]A list of motorways I've driven. Whole lengths in any direction shown as $.
United Kingdom
[edit]England
[edit]- A1(M)
- A167(M) $
- A404(M) $
- A57(M) $
- A601(M) $
- A604(M) $
- A66(M) $
- M1
- M10 $
- M11
- M18
- M20
- M25
- M26 $
- M4
- M40
- M42
- M5
- M50
- M54 $
- M56
- M58
- M6
- M6 toll $
- M60
- M602 $
- M62
- M621
- M65
- M66
Scotland
[edit]Wales
[edit]France
[edit]Germany
[edit]Italy
[edit]Luxembourg
[edit]Switzerland
[edit]Football Grounds that I have visited
[edit]Current Football League Grounds
[edit]- Accrington Stanley (*) [1]
- AFC Bournemouth
- AFC Wimbledon [2]
- Aldershot Town
- Arsenal × 2 (2*) [1] [3]
- Aston Villa (*) [1]
- Barnet
- Barnsley
- Birmingham City
- Blackburn Rovers (*) [1]
- Blackpool
- Bolton Wanderers (*) [1]
- Bradford City × 2 (1*) [1]
- Brentford
- Bristol City
- Bristol Rovers
- Burton Albion (*) [1]
- Bury
- Cardiff City (*) [1]
- Carlisle United × 3 (2*) [1]
- Charlton Athletic × 2
- Chelsea (*) [4]
- Cheltenham Town
- Coventry City (*) [1]
- Crawley Town (*) [1]
- Crewe Alexandra
- Crystal Palace (*) [1]
- Dagenham & Redbridge × 2 (1*) [1]
- Derby County (*) [1]
- Doncaster Rovers
- Exeter City
- Fulham × 3 (2*) [1] [5]
- Gillingham × 3
- Hartlepool United × 4 (1*) [1]
- Hereford United
- Huddersfield Town × 2
- Hull City (*) [1] [6]
- Leeds United × 2 (1*) [1]
- Leicester City (*) [1]
- Leyton Orient × 3 (1*) [1]
- Liverpool (*) [1]
- Manchester City (*) [1] [7]
- Manchester United × 2 (2*) [1] [8]
- Middlesbrough × 2 (2*) [1]
- Millwall
- Milton Keynes Dons
- Newcastle United × 4 (3*) [1] [9]
- Northampton Town
- Norwich City
- Nottingham Forest
- Notts. County
- Oldham Athletic
- Peterborough United × 2
- Plymouth Argyle
- Portsmouth
- Port Vale
- Preston North End
- Queens Park Rangers
- Reading (*) [1] [10]
- Rochdale
- Rotherham United
- Scunthorpe United
- Sheffield United
- Sheffield Wednesday
- Shrewsbury Town
- Southampton × 2 (1*) [1]
- Southend United
- Stevenage (*)[1] [11]
- Stoke City
- Sunderland (*) [1]
- Swansea City
- Swindon Town
- Torquay United
- Tottenham Hotspur (*) [1]
- Tranmere Rovers × 2
- Walsall
- West Ham United (*) [1]
- Wigan Athletic
- Wycombe Wanderers
- Yeovil Town
Non-League Grounds
[edit]- Barrow
- Boreham Wood
- Bromley
- Cambridge United
- Darlington × 3 (2*) [1] [12]
- Gateshead
- Grimbsy Town
- Hampton & Richmond
- Harrow Borough
- Hendon (ground-share at Wembley)
- Havant & Waterlooville
- Hayes & Yeading
- Kettering Town [13]
- Kingstonian
- Lincoln City
- Luton Town
- St. Albans City (*)[1] [14]
- Stockport County
- Washington Ikeda-Hoover (*)[1]
- Whitley Bay (*)[1]
- Woking
- Wrexham
- York City
Former Grounds
[edit]- Brighton & Hove Albion (Withdean)
- Chesterfield (Saltergate) × 2
- Chester City (Deva Stadium)
- Colchester United (Layer Road)
- Darlington (Feethams) (*)[1] [15]
- Doncaster Rovers (Belle Vue)
- Enfield (Southbury Road) (*)[1]
- Gretna (Raydale Park) (*)[1] [16]
- Morecambe (Christie Park)
- Newcastle Blue Star (*)[1] [17]
- Oxford United (Manor Ground)
- Milton Keynes Dons (National Hockey Stadium)
- Rotherham United (Millmoor)
Scottish League Grounds
[edit]Other Grounds
[edit]- Cardiff Millennium Stadium × 2
- Wembley Stadium × 3 (2*) [18]
- Notes
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an All grounds visited for Brentford matches, except those marked *
- ^ Visited for a friendly match between Kingstonian and Brentford
- ^ Includes Brazil v Sweden friendly international
- ^ Visited in 1994 before major redevelopment
- ^ Visited twice before considerable refurbishment in 2004; includes Australia v Nigeria friendly international
- ^ England U21 v Serbia & Montenegro U21 international
- ^ Iceland v Japan international
- ^ England v Denmark; England v Jamaica friendly internationals
- ^ Includes England U21 v Turkey U21 international
- ^ England U21 v Netherlands U21 international
- ^ Stevenage v Newcastle United, FA Cup tie, 1998
- ^ First-ever game at The Darlington Area: Darlington v Kidderminster, 2003-08-15
- ^ Visited when Nene Park was used by Rushden & Diamonds
- ^ Enfield v Hitchin Town; Enfield ground-sharing at St Albans at the time
- ^ Last-ever game at Feethams: Darlington v Leyton Orient, 2005-05-03
- ^ Club now extinct; stadium still extant but likely to be sold for development
- ^ Club now extinct
- ^ England v United States, friendly international; England v Belarus, World Cup 2010 Qualifier