Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Alex*
(*But Were Too Afraid To Ask)
Happy Alex or Angry Alex? Only You Can Decide!


Stuff I'm In To Or Things That I Will Gladly Talk our Ear Of About
Movies I Dig
- Any horror movie Guillemo Del Toro has directed, produced or written
- The Witch (VVitch?)
- The Cornetto Trilogy
- The Wicker Man
- Blood On Satan’s Claw
- The Witchfinder General
- Harry Potter and The Everything
- Japanese/Asian Horror
- The Ring
- The Grudge 1 & 2
- The Eye
- Shutter
- Dark Water
- Kawaidan
- The horror films of James Wan
- Studio Ghibli
- Princess Monooke
- My Neighbour Totoro
- Spirited Away
- Howl’s Moving Castle
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Old School Spielberg films
Music That's My Jam
- Biffy Clyro
- Foo Fighters
- Fall Out Boy
- Panic! At The Disco
- Funeral For A Friend
- Say Anything
- Saves The Day
- Bring Me The Horizon
- Fightstar
- Fleetwood Mac
- Snow Patrol
- Bloc Party
- Blink 182
- New Found Glory
- Fenix TX
- The Smiths
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Pharcyde
- Roots Manuva
- Jurassic 5
- Mos Def
TV Shows I'm Into
- Game Of Thrones
- The Simpsons (pre-2000 mostly, before it got bad)
- Bob’s Burgers
- The Haunting Of Hill House
- Ghost Stories For Christmas
- Taskmaster
- Pointless (I love a good quiz)
- Rick & Morty
- Battlestar Galactica
- Peep Show
- The IT Crowd
- Father Ted
- Garth Marengahi’s Dark Place
- Alan Partridge
- The Mighty Boosh
- Spaced (especially Spaced)
Stuff That Ticks Me Off
- Brexit
- Bad Drivers
- Intolerance
- People who walk straight out of shops without looking
- Snooty Barmen
- Hangovers
- Narrow Shoes
- The M62
- Having to get up early on Sunday morning
- Colds
Go Read These Books Now!
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norelle
- His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
- Short Ghost stories
- M R James
- E F Benson
- Algenon Blackwood
- Arthur Machen
- Harry Potter and the Everything
- Brave New World
- Anything by Joe Abercrombie
- Mythago Wood
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Loney and Devils Day by Andrew Michael Hurley
- The Peter Grant Books by Ben Aaronovich
- H.P. Lovecraft
- The Shadlake Books by C.J.Sansom
My Favorite Places
- York (obviously), Yorkshire, UK
- Kyoto, Japan
- Miyajima, Japan
- Canterbury, Kent, UK
- Competa, Southern Spain
- The Yorkshire Dales
- Cayton Bay, Yorkshire
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Isle Of Skye, Scotland
- Malta
- Helsinki, Finland
- Lakeland, Finland
- Stockholm, Sweden
What Is Going On In There? Stuff I Think About When I Should Be Working

Can I Afford That New Lens/Camera/Computer/Phone Now? (Probably Not)
Wait…Where Are My Keys?
Beer
If I Learn Something New Will I Forget Something Else, Like Where I Left My Keys?
Is It Time For Bed Yet?
Whats For Lunch?
How Much Beard is Too Much?
How Did My Studio Get So Messy So Fast?
I wonder Whats On Sale In Lidl This Week?
I Wonder What The Baby Is Up To?
How Many Days Is It Until Christmas?