UK northerner now surviving the cultural, lingual and pecuniary differences in the east midlands, where it is largely drier, mainly warmer and wholly flatter than back oop north and where everything on the local market seemingly only costs a pahnd but the beer in pubs regrettably costs substantially more.

Chilli plant obsessive, football armchair manager and self-styled whisky gur- guzzler. Other hobbies include astronomy, camping, hiking and adding chilli powder or chilli sauce to virtually everything I eat.