I'm a 40-something English man with a passion for writing. I love movies, watching sport and have a house full of pets. Aye Carumba!

My passion is ...

Life

I know too much about ...

Personal Finance

My parents always told me ...

eat all of your dinner up

My childhood ambition ...

to watch England win the (soccer) World Cup

My favorite memory ...

My children being born

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Satisfy an itch

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Stephen King's "Lisey's Story"/"Ugly Betty"/The Klaxons

My first job ...

Salesman in an electrical store

My best moment ...

Watching Aston Villa beat ManU in the 1994 League Cup Final

My inspiration ...

Anyone that can tell me how to enjoy life even more

Arts & Humanities > Origins & Firsts in History The history of New York's Central Park

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I love New York. Anybody that's read any of my other opinions may have worked this one out by now but I fell in love with The Big Apple when I visited the unofficial capital of the world earlier this year. Of course, everyone associates NY with the hurly burly of a major metropolis with the pollution filled; graffiti riddled streets full of yellow cabs and excited tourists. For those wanting to escape the million miles an hour culture that pervades New York, you can do a lot worse than take a day out at the world famous Central Park.

We did just that on the sunniest day of our week and e...

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