The Grocer, 30 June 2007

THE ALTERNATIVE CV

What’s your nickname? Dilemma Who was your first teenage crush and why? I was fond of John Taylor in Duran Duran. It was his new romantic hairdo. When was the first time you got drunk and what did you drink? Cider and black when I was 15 years old.

What was the first music single you bought?

Peter Gabriel-Sledgehammer.

What did you want to be when you were a kid?

A vet.

What’s your favourite book and why?

The Great Gatsby-F Scott Fitzgerald. Sad beneath all the glamour and was taught to me by the most amazing English teacher I ever had.

What’s your favourite movie and why?

The Last King of Scotland-deeply disturbing yet utterly compelling.

What was your worst holiday and why?

Going to Crete with my friend Pat & getting very ill on Ouzo.

Do you have any phobias?

Flying and business failure.

If you could pick a celebrity to join your staff who would it be and why/

Eddie Izzard-he strikes me as someone who is incredibly focused, intelligent & would understand the quirkiness of Honeybuns.

Who would you most like to sit next to on a plane?

Somebody with a parachute.

What would you request as your final meal?

Honeybuns BumbleO-served with a rocket salad with lemon & oil dressing and a warm Dorset Pastry chocolate tart with crème fraiche.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve eaten?

Samphire.

What’s your favourite chat up line?

I’m too shy; I blush & run a mile!

What luxury would you take to your desert island?

A library.

If you could star in a television programme, what would it be and why?

Honeybuns would be a fantastic fly on the wall opportunity. We have everything from escaping goats to eccentric delivery drivers.

If you could be invisible for the day, what would you do?

I’d hang out in Gordon Brown’s office and glean any information on his secret plans for UK business.

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