EPIC FACT: I was born within an hour of Countdown. I put this fact down to my winning an episode of The Weakest Link and not the fact that I share my birthday with Marie Antoinette. I don't think she was very good at quizzes.

Books

However many books I have to get rid of before moving house, I have a stable of books that come with me everywhere. I'm even in a couple: the Empire Film Guide and Le Cool: A Weird and Wonderful Guide to London. Buy them!

I'm a huge X-Men fan and really love Flashman, Sharpe, Sookie Stackhouse and the goddess that is Jilly Cooper. When I get time, I also blog reviews as part of the 26 Books project and am a fully paid-up fan of the Shoreditch House Literary Salon.

Theatre
I go and see a lot of shows with the estimable 'Paint Never Dries' wits, the West End Whingers. I've been in two plays at the Edinburgh Fringe, Two Women and A Chair, and Wit, and frequently daydream about staging Grease 2 in London.

Obligatrivia
I properly love The Archers, Grease 2, Scrabble, Twitter, Phantom of the Opera, sharks, cocktails and London, not necessarily in that order. I've recently discovered Qype and have got rather hooked. Lounge Bohemia is the bar I won't recommend to tourists, but will recommend to you.