I make music, in my way. I have an electronic/computer set which I'm starting to gig. That is, I screw around with oscillators, filters, and so on, sing, and try to assemble these sounds into something coherently musical.

I also sometimes put on gigs and music nights around Bristol. Now and then I also DJ my records out around town as "George All's-Well", which is tons of fun. I help out at a volunteer-run venue/cinema called The Cube, and have designed their monthly printed events programme a few times.

By day I write software.

Fearlessly climbing trees, Tetris, stews and vegetable curries of all kinds, not ending sentences with prepositions, cuddling.

I've been alternately told that I look like Bradford Cox and Brian Cox, both of which are actually fine by me. Other than that, people often quickly pick up on the fact that I have the same phone as their mum (typically followed closely by "does that have Snake?")

I mainly read non-fiction and classics, for a sufficiently broad definition of 'classic'. Some quick favourite writers: Borges, Orwell, Hofstadter, Salinger. (Though my favourite books by the last three aren't the ones you'd think). Recently enjoyed: Christopher Isherwood, H. G. Wells, John Wyndham.

As for music, I like a lot of new wave/punk/post-punk bands (Talking Heads, the B-52s, Devo....) and smart glam (Roxy, Bowie, T-Rex, Eno), plus various kinds of early synth and electronic things. Important loves falling outside any of the above categories: The Knife, Momus.

I don't really watch TV, but Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci stand high in my list of all-time geniuses. Arrested Development was amazing, and I have a certain soft spot for Seinfeld. I also consume Attenborough DVDs with great relish.

Good records, good books, good clothes, good food - which is either fewer than six things or much more, depending on how you count.

Pop music, etymology, typefaces.