| Male |
| Welsh borders |
| Walking, talking reading, people, good wine, food, and the English - and the half that's in Wales - countryside. |
| Crime (including true crime), essays, |
| The Ginger Man,The State of Denmark, Angel Pavement, Chesterton's essays, On the Road, Dylan Thomas's poetry/prose, anything by James Thurber, Dickens ... |
| H. Bates. Laurie Lee, Robin Cook (the English one) and see above. |
| Dylan Thomas, Elliot, Larkin, Yeats ... |
| 'I have never yet seen a statue erected to a critic.' H. E.Bates |
| early American rock& roll |
| The Lady Killers (the original) |