Sunny soul seeking silliness, sincerity and, seemingly, the chance to get rid of all these spare letter ‘S’s. (Honestly, they’re everywhere.) Big comedy fan (Taskmaster; Arrested Development; Frasier; Best of the Worst; Betty Boop), and if I can make someone chuckle, my day’s going well. I’m always reading (Borges; Calvino; Lewis Carroll; various comics), and writing. This year I finished my first novel. Is it decent? Or rubbish? In time a weary literary agent will find out. And music! (Brian Wilson; Steely Dan; Kate Bush; Stevie Wonder. The list goes on, but, er, my profile doesn’t. Curses!)