About Strauss

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Location:

France

Primary occupation:

Yacht insurance

Dream occupation:

Writer and Photographer

Hometown:

Sulby, UK

Schools attended:

Welford School, Spratton Hall, Oakham

I like:

walking in the hills with my dog, reading, writing, photography, languages

Favorite writers:

Umberto Ecco, Jostein Gaarder, Thomas Hardy, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende

Favorite books:

Foucault's Pendulum, Sophie's World, Far from the Madding Crowd, Paula, El Amor en los Tiempos del Colera

Favorite newspapers:

I don't really read newspapers. I get my news from the television and the BBC website.

Favorite magazines:

Muy Interesante - a Spanish magazine with new developments in the sciences, history and geography

Favorite music:

Classical - Dvorak's Cello Concerto, Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Emperor amongst many others...

Favorite movies:

Room with a view, St Jacques la Mecque, Crash, Je te trouve tres beau, Lord of the Rings

Favorite TV shows:

Silent Witness, Lost, a recent documentary about Jesus, any documentaries that go rootling around in people's private lives!

Favorite teams:

Leicester Tigers - rugby

Favorite quote:

To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.

Gender:

Female

Religion:

Atheist