YELLOWPLUSH
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consulting |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Location | Netherworld, where they think Internet is something you fish with, Northumberland, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | After more than a decade working in the public sector in the North East of England, I became disenchanted by the complete lack of public service ethos, took the huff and left. In effect, I became worn out by the tax stealing wage-thieves that I was forced to share office space with. I now live in rural Northumbria, raise tolerable flowers in my garden, make good curry, brew superb home brew and shout at the TV a lot. It’s not all upside though. Periodically I have to wash my car and teach my students the difference between Adam Smith (the economist) and Alan Smith (the fake Premiership footballer). I love my family and my country, hate bigotry and any type of fundamentalism and hate the way moles wreck my lawn every winter. |
| Interests | Politics, History, The Netherlands, Rugby, Football, NUFC, England, The United Kingdom, Home Brewing, Curry, Cricket, Gardening, Cognac, Laughing, Economics, Wormeries (en passant), English Literature, Flags, Music, Coal, Maling Pottery |
| Favorite Movies | Get Carter, The Wicker Man (not the shite remake), O Brother Where Art Thou?, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barells, This Is Spinal Tap, Passport To Pimlico, Eddie Monsoon - A Life?, American Beauty, Reach For The Skies, Quadrophenia, The Field, The Italian Job (not the shite remake), Anything by Powell and Pressburger, In Which We Serve, Anything By Spike Lee, Animal House |
| Favorite Music | Traditional and World Music Especially Northumbrian and Tyneside, New and Old Country, Old British and Some New-ish American Punk, Good Quality Patriotic English Songs (but not jingoist shite - Britain belongs to all of us), Dutch Feesten Music, DJ Coole Piet, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Pogues, Pete Scott, Stone Roses, Morrisey, Microdisney, The Undertones, The Whisky Priests |
| Favorite Books | Vanity Fair, The Watchers and The Watched, Kiddar's Luck, The Ampersand, History of Pendennis, Down and Out in Paris and London, All Shakespeare, Any Sid Chaplin |
If you were a wrestler, what would be your finishing move?
A shower