Gender	Male
Location	Dublin, Ireland
Links	Wishlist
Introduction	Thirty three years of age. A spendthrift and ne'er-do-well, variously employed in the church, the book trade, newspapers and tourism. I am at present, a student. A poor hand with a sabre and an only passable pistol shot, I am fondly remembered by all those who never lent me money. This is my blog, where I will indulge my habit of rambling about my hobby without boring either my friends or my wife.
Interests	History, Edwardian and Victorian adventure fiction, war-gaming, role-playing, theatre.
Favorite movies	The Third Man, Apocalypse Now, The Duellists, Master & Commander, Zulu, LA Confidential, In which we serve.
Favorite music	Noel Coward, The Divine Comedy, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, The Beatles, J.S. Bach, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller.
Favorite books	Kim, Heart of Darkness, the Sherlock Holmes canon, The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard, the Flashman novels, the Aubrey-Maturin novels, Biggles, Napoleonic Wargaming for Fun, the Mathew Hervey novels, Treasure Island, the Erast Fandorin novels, the Cthulhu Mythos tales of H.P. Lovecraft, The Plague, King Solomon's Mines.

If you could peer far enough into the night sky, you'd see a star in any direction you looked. When would you sleep?

If you could have one character from fiction as a flat-mate, who would it be? Holmes, naturally.