Name - Alison Eales.

Date and Place of Birth - A dreary Wednesday in darkest Slough, 1979.

Instruments Played - A gazillion different keyboard instruments... and tenor ukelele.

Where Do You Live - In a crumbling tenement right between Ibrox Stadium and BBC Scotland.

Favourite Films - Dr Strangelove, Threads, Secretary (because sometimes a film about nuclear warfare is inappropriate).

Favourite Books - Lolita, Life and Times of Michael K, The Canterbury Tales.

Favourite TV Programme - The pre-1973 LWT start-up sequence.

Favourite Records - Louder Than Bombs, Scott 4, Horses.

Favourite Flavour Of Crisp - Red Hula Hoops are the best.

Favourite Place To Eat - Amalfi, West Nile Street, Glasgow.

First Crush - Metal Mickey.

What Would Be Your Ideal Holiday - I aim to be the first space tourist in Butcher Boy.

What Have You Got In Your Pocket - Everybody else's secrets.

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