I am a Consultant Car Designer, and a graduate of the Royal College of Art, London, in Automotive Design, with 30 years experience of working for all the major automotive manufacturers.

I love to Design, Travel and learn new languages (Mandarin right now from my wife, on top of, speaking French, German, Dutch, and a smattering of Thai and Swedish) .......................

in fact right now, i am travelling and consulting in Changchun, Jilin, Northern China

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"Music was a first love, and it will be my last....

Music of the future, music of the past......

To live without my Music, would be impossible to do.....

In this World of trouble, my Music pulls me through"........ deriv: John Miles

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'nil illigitimae carborundum', is my motto .....'never let the bastards grind you down'

Cars, chocolates and girls have ruled my world......... But now i have a 3 year old son, so, they all fall into second place.

Well except for Cars, as i spend most of my work time designing them........

Pastimes:...

Film & Automobilia......

furthermore, I have an extensive library of Design, Architecture and Film books and reference brochures....

.......... Plus I love the taste of Champagne, Corona Beer and the best of Italian & Thai cuisine.........

Coronation Street.....

Thunderbirds or any of the Gerry Anderson Series of the 60's.....

Open all Hours.......

Doc Martin......

Fawlty Towers....

House......

watching Liverpool live....

and anything with Billy Connolly, John Cleese, etc .....

but don't ever ask me to watch a reality / talent show ......

Blade Runner....

Brief Encounter .....

Chinatown ...

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday ....

Rear Window (Grace Kelly) ....

the Italian Job (orig) ...

American Grafitti ...

the Fountainhead ...

La Mortelle Randonee (Isabelle Adjani) ...

Star Wars (all of them), ...

Alien 1......

Some Like it Hot ...

Indiana Jones 'trilogy' .....

The Bourne 'Trilogy'.....

the Fountainhead - Ayn Rand.....

My Family and other Animals - Gerald Durrell.....

Spike Milligan's War Memories collection.....

Michael Palin's Python Diaries.....

most Bill Bryson ....

and anything by Sabine Friedrich