Likes and dislikes

LIKES

Films: The Usual Suspects, The Heat of the Night, Moulin Rouge, Bladerunner, Shawshank Redemption, Elizabeth R, 300, The Princess Bride

TV: Will and Grace, The West Wing, Dirty Sanchez, Hill St Blues, Taxi

Books: Historical Biographies, Tom Sharpe, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

Drives: Lexus 400 Hybrid

Favourite Car of All Time: AC Cobra

Actors: Kate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Christopher Walken, Kevin Spacey, Harvey Keitel, Audrey Hepburn, Britney Murphy

Clothes: Bespoke suits by Tom Brown of Eton; ankle boots by Oliver Sweeney and Patrick Cox; shirts by Interno8 of Conduit Street; Jeans True Religion, Casuals Cast Iron from Holland, Gas clothing from Italy and motorbike leathers by Dainese; Henry Lloyd sailing clobber.

Drinks: Jack Daniels and Laphroig whisky, good wine

Food: Italian generally. The most amazing dish I've had recently was at Providores: Caramelised mango with banana caramel mascarpone and coconut wafers... It was simply out of this world.

Restaurant: Any Gordon Ramsay restaurant - the man's a genius, The Embassy in Old Burlington Street, the wonderful Gary Hollyhead, The Providores in Marylebone

Club: Embassy with my great friend Mark

Favourite Snack: Beans on Toast

Country: Italy, Bahamas, New Zealand, W Samoa and Wales

City: Venice, Florence, Sydney, London

Music: Watch out for the amazing OLIVIA SAFE who will be a big star very soon. Radiohead, KLF, Black Eyed Peas, ELO, Carl Orf

Colour: Black

Animal: Panther

Artist: Gaugin

Season: Autumn

Favourite Item: One of my Father's initialled golf balls

Hero: My Father, my brother

Sport: Rugby union, motorsport

Favourite Historical Figure: Walter Raleigh

Favourite things: Lightning storms on the Barrier Reef; coffee swiss roll at the seaside; gondola rides in Venice; feeding Kookaburras and late night singalongs with friends

Favourite Hotel: Amberley Castle in Sussex

Relaxation: Glass of wine, watching a movie, curled up on the sofa

Hair: Richard Ward, though I don't get there often enough and he claims I'm giving him a bad name by looking such a mess on TV!

Fitness: I am back in training at long last, have lost some weight and I am starting to put it on in the right places. Easy diet: fish, chicken, avoid wheat where possible, get to the gym twice a week. Hoping to play some rugby again this year.

DISLIKES

Traffic Wardens, people who crap on about their relationships in the press, gizmos, BMWs, bigots, reality TV shows and manufactured pop.