Likes: Books of all kinds, but especially old ones that have a history; good coffee; cereal with ice-cold milk, eaten in bed with a book propped on my knees; pink peonies; thinking about who else has held an old book and if they enjoyed it; cheesy American cop shows; being snuggled under a duvet listening to the rain outside; xkcd.com; somethingpositive.net; London; wild, empty beaches with crashing waves and a bleak sky.

Dislikes: The way that large international internet companies are putting small independent shops out of business (amazon, I’m looking at you); the whole idea of e-books and e-readers- where’s the soul in them?; Costa coffee; foam; crowds; disappointing cakes; badly written endings.