I’ve been resisting this, but have succumbed…
1. Archaeology site “volunteer”.
2. Researcher for the Alliance Party delegation at the Northern Ireland peace talks.
3. Administrator of a book prize (part-time). Ironically my father won it, posthumously.
4. Conference gopher.
Four Movies You Could Watch Over And Over
1. An American in Paris
2. The Wall
3. Return of the King
4. Life of Brian
Four Places You’ve Lived
1. Belfast
2. Banja Luka, Bosnia
3. Belgium
4. Wassenaar
Four TV Shows You Love To Watch
1. Doctor Who
2. Buffy
3. Mastermind
4. University Challenge
Four Places You’ve Been On Holiday/Vacation
1. Cyprus
2. Croatia
3. Ireland (Loughbrickland, Co Down)
4. The Hoge Veluwe
Four Of Your Favorite Foods
1. Anything Georgian
2. Anything Indian
3. Asparagus lightly fried in butter
4. Oysters
Four Places You’d Rather Be
1. Right now? Home.
2. Washington DC
3. London (but for less than 24 hours)
4. Loughbrickland
Four Albums You Can’t Live Without
(These answers are not quite in the spirit of the question)
1. Sibelius, pretty much anything – esp Kullervo Symphony and Swan of Tuonela
2. Dire Straits – I like almost all of their output but especially Telegraph Road
3. Les Miserables
4. Carmina Burana
Four Vehicles You’ve Owned
1. The Skoda Estelle we bought just after we got married
2. The Ford Fiesta a friend gave us after the Skoda broke down irretrievably
3. The Skoda Favorit we bought when the Fiesta broke down after a week
4. The Ford Sierra we bought after it proved unfeasible to import the Skoda into Belgium
I think reasonable. I mean, 11th Hour was probably my favourite episode of Who this year but Vincent and the Doctor was by so far the best, above and beyond even Who or sci-fi. It managed something tonnes of art programmes had failed to manage and convey the brilliance of Van Gogh’s art.