Interests

Aside from politics, I have many interests such as psychology, physics, sociology and art. I love history, particularly that of the 19th and 20th centuries, and especially the history of the wars in those periods, such as the Vietnam War and World Wars.

I enjoy experiencing new cultures and have been fortunate enough to have visited over 20 countries. I like debating, so I founded and ran a debating society at my school.

Music has always been a passion of mine. I play the flute and piano, but not very well. My repertoire on the piano consists of one song! I enjoy listening to music of various genres, ranging from indie and house music, to pop and classical.

For most years of my life I have holidayed in Cornwall. I love countryside generally, but particularly the Cornish coastline.

Another of my interests is food. I am especially fond of chocolate and Mediterranean cuisine.

I also like going to the theatre and watching films, below are some of my favourites.

Favourites

Plays: The Crucible, The Woman in Black, The Phantom of the Opera, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Les Miserables.
 
Books: 1984, The Handmaid's Tale, The Return of the Native.
 
Art: Pre-Raphaelite.

Foreign country: Italy. I love its culture, language, food and beauty.

Songs/pieces: Chasing Cars, Danny Boy, Nothing Compares to You, Motorcycle Emptiness, White Flag, Castles in the Sky, Fake Plastic Trees, Where the Streets Have no Name, Moonlight Sonata, Follow Me.

Bands: U2, James, Erasure, Bon Jovi, James Blunt, The Manic Street Preachers, The Prodigy, Sinead O’Connor, Queen, Snow Patrol, Radiohead, Alanis Morissette, Garbage, The Stone Roses, Moby, Oasis.

TV programmes: The Office, Newsnight, The West Wing, 24, I'm Alan Partridge, Question Time, This Week, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder.

Films: The Pelican Brief, Shadowlands, The Interpreter, Much Ado About Nothing, Shawshank Redemption, An Ideal Husband, The Remains of the Day, 13 Days, The Lion King, Twelfth Night, Erin Brochovich, Rebecca, Pride and Prejudice, The Notebook, Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Schinderler's List, Emma, Dead Poets’ Society, The Constant Gardener, Il Postino, Breakfast at Tiffany's.