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Come up with a crazy business idea. The two which put food on my table are crazy. Both are guaranteed to require inordinate amounts of effort and skill. The returns are pitiful the acclaim zero. The first is a jazz player. How on earth I got into playing jazz is beyond me, it just happened. […]

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it? Yes, my Clarinet! I played a clarinet from an early age, around ten I think. In the sixties they were still cool and popular. I played in every sort of band possible except rock bands, they never really fitted in

What is your mission? A mission? Can I wear Camo Paint? Sounds like a bit of fun! So what is my mission? To infiltrate the fridge at midnight? Sneak into the pantry for the last box of Xmas biscuits without triggering the sophisticated alarm system that is sleeping by the stove? Right now my only

What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? Many years ago, I had the privilege of staying a week or so with the monks on Caldy Island, off the South Wales coast. They’ve been there since around the 5th Century, living a monastic life, I joined in their day to

What could you do differently? Being different is not doing differently. But doing things differently because you’re different makes a big difference. You may think I differ for the sake of differing but I beg to differ. Having a difference of opinion is different too. You may defer if you desire. Vive la difference!

If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? Yes! Free me from Facebook Jail! A month later and I’m still sat in the slammer. I’ve done nothing wrong, it was the other boy. You’ve had your fun , now let me out! I’m the innocent victim of a meta frame up, I’m on

Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why? TARDIS Now this may leave some of you scratching your heads. This is the iconic and quintessentially British TARDIS from the TV Series DOCTOR WHO. Doctor Who is a Time Lord who travels through time in an old Police Phone Box, battling

What is the greatest gift someone could give you? Love, the greatest gift of all. I have been loved, and have loved too. I have lost love through death and indifference. Heavy stuff this love business. It has inspired great works of art and started wars. What is love? A chemical imbalance? Addiction? A mental

What colleges have you attended? A wonderful establishment, founded in 1755 to house the criminally insane. I was boarded here by my parents at the age of eleven. Run by an obscure order of Benedictine monks, St.Nicolas was a short boat trip away from Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. It was so cold here that