born in sheffield, south yorkshire, england. lives and works in edinburgh, scotland.

outsider art. the limit club. almost everything by willem de kooning but especially ruth's zowie and other work from 1957-63. new york city. guinness. george orwell. david bowie. iggy pop – the idiot & lust for life. the ocean. clouds and sky. red wine. anything by cy twombly: but especially the coronation of sesostris and the four seasons. george best. the empire state building. the piano bar zakopane. almost everything by jean michel basquiat but especially – in italian, nu nile & the dingoes that park their brains with their gum. great jones street. the crucible theatre. lomo photographs. paris. erik's parties. brian eno – on land, discreet music, shutov assembly, apollo. tate modern. julian schnabel – works on paper. dreaming. abstract expressionism. joseph beuys. silence. frost. travel. miles davis. mark lanegan – bubblegum. wassily kandinsky. philip glass. david sylvian. usa. weston park museum. robert motherwell. terminator 2. paloma picasso – minotaure. zagorsk. the norfolk pub. the B52's. björk. mark rothko. oil paint sticks. arcylic paint. oil paint. berlin circa 1988 and 2004. susan rothenberg. miami beach. samuel beckett. steel works. ibrahim hussein. the clash. langkawi. west street. the noguchi museum. pyewacket the cat. joan miró. barcelona. levis. rare & racy. prada. MoMa. blue note and ecm cover design. t.s.eliot. joy division. perfume. iceland. dublin. 21 pigman. palma. ho chi minh city, ha noi & hué vietnam. agnes b. the isle of skye. edinburgh. the day we went to dia: beacon with joe. stormking. pearl paint nyc. yellow rat bastard branding. andy goldsworthy, especially his work with pebbles and leaves. charlie parker. marrakech. islamic calligraphy. charlotte rampling. daido moriyama at foam_fotografimuseum amsterdam. tord gustavsen – being there. richard hawley – coles corner. the kills. louise bourgeois: nature study. most things.