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Favourite time of year:
Summer evenings, autumn mornings.
Favourite travel destination:
I don’t think I have one. I’d like to go everywhere. Please.
Secret hideout in York:
It won’t be a secret hideout if I tell you. But the wildlife reserve behind my house (Nicholas Fields) is pretty nice.
Favourite things about living here:
The overwhelming ratio of bakeries to people.
Best bars:
The Habit has a real cool rooftop terrace and The Red Lion will always hold a slightly grimy place in my heart for reasons undisclosed.
Best insiders tip:
If you lurk around Dyl’s by the river for long enough, sooner or later someone will bring you free tapas.
Icon:
At difficult moments in my life I ask myself WWBD (What Would Beyonce do?). So I guess she’s my icon.
Best view of the city:
From the Attic bedrooms on Lawrence Street.
Favourite shop:
The Sue Ryder shop on Goodramgate. The best charity shop ever.
Best place to eat:
Il Paradiso. Or Bison Coffee for a hangover brekkie.
This time next year I will be:
Finally finished with my degree, most probably staring into a bleak future of unemployment and poverty.
Top 5 bands:
Bombay Bicycle Club. Jackson 5. Bon Iver. The Smiths. Destiny’s Child (do they count as a band?)
Favourite era:
I should’ve been born in the 1920s.
If I was an animal I would be a:
Slightly peeved badger.
Impoverished York Uni student living some form of the dream. When I’m not in the library I’m probably asleep.
If I was going to pretend to be passionate about something I’d say watching Wes Anderson films, trying to write like Sylvia Plath, making pasta, and getting snobby about coffee.
