Working in social housing to help vulnerable people in London. Been doing it for 10 years and have become more and more committed to it.... Even if I fell into it by accident. Admittedly, haven't always had to use my history of art degree on a day-to-day basis....

Just might limit to writers for the moment, as I spend a lot of time reading poetry, fiction, art history. So: Philip Roth, AS Byatt, Cees Nooteboom, Alan Hollinghurst, Hilary Mantel, David Malouf; Seamus Heaney, Thom Gunn, RS Thomas, Jorie Graham, Tomas Transtromer, Louise Gluck, Robert Pinsky, Czeslaw Milwosz, Elizabeth Bishop, Amy Clampitt, Michael Longley, Phillipe Jaccottet, Majmoud Darwish; Elizabeth Bowen, John Cheever, Bernard Malamud, Cynthia Ozick, Amy Hempel, Lorrie Moore; Rowan Williams.

My kindle, my library card, my travel card, and..... 3 other very important things that will come to me later.

Catching up with friends - dinner, wine, and jumping between art, politics, events, on local or larger scales.