 My
hair colour: |
Blonde | |
| My
eye colour: |
Blue | |
| My
star sign: |
Virgo | |
| My
shoe size: |
4 | |
| My
favourite book when child: |
Alice in Wonderland and Edward Lear's nonsense verse | |
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My favourite fictional character: |
Harry Potter at the moment.
Of all time: Alice from Alice in Wonderland |
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| Books
that inspired me to become a writer/illustrator: |
Original edition of Alice in Wonderland with illustrations by Tenniel | |
| My
favourite author: |
Tom Sharpe | |
| My
ideal reading position: |
On a beach with a large hat lying on a sunbed | |
| My
usual means of marking a place in a book: |
A bookmark with 'her ladyship' written on it, given to me by Lady Sarah Maclean | |
| My
favourite time of year: |
Tortola Winters when it's Hotsy Totsy and in English Winters when it's frosty, cold and crisp | |
| My
favourite time of day: |
Very very early at daybreak and 7.30pm doing the horses and listening to Classical music. Classic FM in the evening is very peaceful and relaxing. | |
| My
best time for working: |
At night there's no interuptions. I often work from 12pm onwards | |
| The
first piece of work I was paid for was: |
A limerick for Pony Magazine
when I was 7 for £5: A rider came back from a trek and replied With a gasp, 'Oh Heck' To get to her yard She found it quite hard She was under her pony's neck! |
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| My
favourite TV show: |
Don't watch much but I like 'Blind Date' | |
| My
favourite song: |
'Who Let The Dogs Out' by Brian Lee and the Dragonflies | |
| My
favourite actor: |
Richard Pryor | |
| The
creature comfort I would most unwillingly relinquish: |
I would never part from my horses | |
| My
favourite sweet food: |
Tiramisu (never eat it outside Venice) | |
| My
favourite savory food: |
Pheasant with homemade Port and Cranberry sauce - I love cooking | |
| My
typical bedtime is: |
Strange hours - I may
work until 3am and get up at 6am; it depends how much work I've got or
whether I'm showing the horses. I sleep when I can. |
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|
My
favourite year of childhood: |
Being 7 when I got my first pony called Promise | |
| My
mousemat design: |
Don't have one | |
| The
tidiest place in my home is: |
Nowhere - the stable yard is immaculate (could eat off it). There's more straw and hay in my house than in the yard. | |
| The
untidiest place in my home is: |
My studio | |
| The
working tool I would least like to do without: |
Very, very sharp 3B pencil and a Stanley knife. | |