Sometimes, I like to make lists. I also like facts. Here are some lists of pertinent facts about my life.

In cinema and 2009 and onwards only:

1. Up in the Air
2. Entre les murs
3. Flammen og Citronen
4. Che (parts 1 & 2)
5. The Age of Stupid
6. Milk
7. Lesbian Vampire Killers
8. The Boat That Rocked
9. The Damned United
10. Slumdog Millionaire
11. Knowing
12. The Road ("芳香之旅" / "Fang xiang zhi lu"; 2006 Chinese film, unrelated to 2009 U.S.A. film) [1]
13. The Reader (2008)
14. Religulous
15. Låt den rätte komma in
16. In The Loop
17. Way Down East (1920)
18. Paper Dolls
19. Sleep Furiously [2] [3]
20. Pour Elle [4]
21. Looking for Eric
22. A Stravinsky Portrait
23. American Madness
24. Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo
25. Soul Power (2008)
26. Brüno
27. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
28. A Matter of Size (2009)
29. The Amorous Prawn (1962)
30. Démanty noci (1964)
31. Four Lions (2010)
32. Le Concert (2009)
33. Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) (2010)
34. No Impact Man (2009)
35. Metropolis (1927, 2010 restoration)
36. Red (2010)
37. Burke and Hare (2010)
38. 127 Hours
39. Paul
40. Black Swan
41. Green Lantern
42. Bad Teacher
43. Horrible Bosses
44. Friends with Benefits
45. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
46. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
47. Shame
48. The Artist
49. Death in Venice

All the books I've read, or at least can remember reading; most recent first (except "others" and "unfinished"):

• Lewycka, Marina — A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
• McKie, David — Great British Bus Journeys: Travels Through Unfamous Places
• Marchant, Ian — Parallel Lines
• Stevens, Tess — Sold
• Goldacre, Ben — Bad Science

• Crace, Jim — The Pesthouse
• Haddon, Mark — A Spot of Bother

• Palin, Michael — Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years
• Saunders, Kate and Stanford, Peter — Catholics and Sex: From Purity to Purgatory
• "Belle de Jour" — The Secret Adventures of a London Call-Girl
• Paxman, Jeremy — Through the Volcanoes: A Central American journey
• Morgan, Alan — A fine and private place: Jesmond Old Cemetery
• Wallace, Danny — Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe
• Nabokov, Vladimir — Lolita
• Prasad, V. J. — English as is a Foreign Language
• Asimov, Isaac — I, Robot

• Augustus, Patrick — Don't Make Me Laugh
• Zamyatin, Evgeny — We
• Crystal, David — The English Language
• Orwell, George — Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Cassani, Barbara — Go, an Airline Adventure
• Shelley, Mary — Frankenstein
• Pearson, Michael — Iron Roads to the Far North & Kyle
• Clarkson, Jeremy — The World According to Clarkson
• Schiller, Friedrich — On the Aesthetic Education of Man

• Bolt, Rodney — Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch
• Haddon, Mark — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
• Palin, Michael — Around the World in 80 Days
• Brown, Dan — The Da Vinci Code
• Elizer, Ben — Jewish Humour
• Moore, Michael — Idiot Nation (extracts from "Stupid White Men")
• Haddon, Celia — One Hundred Secret Thoughts Cats Have About Humans
• Clough, Brian — Autobiography
• Enright, Dominique — The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
• Parsons, Tony — Man & Boy
• Tarrant, Chris — Millionaire Moments
• Humphrys, John — Lost for Words
• Bragg, Melvyn — The Adventure of English
• Granado, Alberto — Travelling with Che Guevara

• Klein, Naomi — No Logo
• Schlosser, Eric — Fast Food Nation

• Barry, Robert — A Theory of Almost Everything: A Scientific and Religious Quest for Ultimate Answers
• Bradbury, Ray — Fahrenheit 451
• Dahl, Roald — "The Twits", "James and the Giant Peach", "Boy", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", inter alia
• Dickens, Charles — Great Expectations
• Dickens, Charles — Oliver Twist
• Elton, Ben — This Other Eden
• Ganjabhang, Dr. V. S. — The Pothead's Little Instruction Book
• Lee, Harper — To Kill a Mockingbird
• Lewis, C.S. — The Chronicles of Narnia (complete series)
• Lorca, Federico García — Bodas de Sangre (Spanish)
• Márquez, Gabriel García — Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Spanish)
• Orwell, George — Animal Farm
• Shakespeare, William — A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Shakespeare, William — Romeo and Juliet
• Truss, Lynn — Eats, Shoots & Leaves

• Hitler, Adolf — Mein Kampf [abandoned - too long and boring]
• Scruton, Roger — Kant: A Very Short Introduction [started but stopped, but will return]
• Solnit, Rebecca – Wanderlust: a History of Walking [abandoned - too long and boring]
• Tolkein, J.R.R. — The Hobbit [abandoned - too long and boring]

to be continued...

• Amsterdam — note
• Belfast
• Berlin
• Bratislava
• Brussels
• Cardiff
• Copenhagen
• Dublin
• Edinburgh
• London
• Paris
• Port Louis
• Prague
• San Marino
• Stockholm
• Vienna

A by no means exhaustive list

• 3 Colours Red
• AntiProduct × 2 or 3 at least
• Chas & Dave
• Ginger
• Lemon Jelly
• Madness
• Porcupine Tree × 2
• Radiohead
• Super Furry Animals
• Travis × 2
• The Wildhearts
• Thom Yorke

• Maxim Vengerov
• Vocal Sampling

• All-American Rejects
• Beck
• Blur
• British Sea Power
• Electric Six
• Grandaddy
• Keane
• The Polyphonic Spree
• Spooks
• The Streets

• Graham Coxon
• Placebo
• Soulwax
• Super Furry Animals
• Supergrass
• The White Stripes
• The Wildhearts

• Arctic Monkeys
• DJ Shadow
• Fun Lovin' Criminals
• Guillemots
• De Kevers — Dutch Beatles cover band
• Lostprophets
• The Magic Numbers
• Massive Attack
• Michael Franti & Spearhead
• Muse
• Orson
• Placebo
• Spinvis

• Supergrass
• The Family Mahone
• 3 Daft Monkeys
• Stackridge
• Joe Brown
• The Levellers
• Legend
• Midge Ure
• Fairport Convention and friends (including Robert Plant)

• Henry Rollins (spoken word)
• Roni Size & Reprazent
• Hot Chip
• Pendulum
• Beardyman
• British Sea Power
• Franz Ferdinand
• Sex Pistols
• Gogol Bordello
• Tricky
• Crystal Castles
• The Dresden Dolls

• Leila
• Chris Cunningham
• Plaid
• Aphex Twin & Hecker
• Nightmares on Wax
• !!!

• Steve Winwood
• Yusuf Islam
• Fairport Convention

• Croydon Tramlink
• Docklands Light Railway
• Glasgow Subway
• Midland Metro
• Nottingham Express Transit
• Prague Metro
• Tyne and Wear Metro

• London Underground
  • remaining sections
    • Leytonstone-Epping
    • Woodford-Hainault

• Air Mauritius
• Air France
  • CityJet
• bmi
• British Airways
• CityJet (for Air France)
• EasyJet
• Go Fly
• Jet2.com
• Ryanair
• transavia.com
• VLM Airlines

Terminals are indicated where known;

• AMS
• ARN
• BFS
• BHX
  • Terminal 2 (arrival only)
• BLQ
• CDG
  • Terminal 2E (arrival only)
• DUB
• EDI
• KRN
• LCY
• LHR
  • Terminal 1 (arrival only)
  • Terminal 2 (departure only)
  • Terminal 3
  • Terminal 5
• LTN
• MAN
  • Terminal 3 (departure only)
• MRU
• NCL
• ORY
  • Ouest (departure only)
• PRG
• RTM
• STN
• SXF
• TRS

• 2000 Ford Fiesta (1.3L, p, m)

• 2002 Rover 45 (1.8L, d, m)
• 2005 Ford Focus (1.6L, p, m)
• 2000 Ford Fiesta Van (d, m)
• 200? Vauxhall Astra Van (1.7L, d, m)
• 1998 Volkswagen Polo (1.4L, p, m)
• 2003 Vauxhall Corsa (1.2L, d, m)
• 2004 Ford Fiesta (p, m)
• 198? Austin Metro (1.1L, p, m)

A list of motorways I've driven. Whole lengths in any direction shown as $.

• A1(M)
• A167(M) $
• A404(M) $
• A57(M) $
• A601(M) $
• A604(M) $
• A66(M) $
• M1
• M10 $
• M11
• M18
• M20
• M25
• M26 $
• M4
• M40
• M42
• M5
• M50
• M54 $
• M56
• M58
• M6
• M6 toll $
• M60
• M602 $
• M62
• M621
• M65
• M66

• M8
• M9

• M4

1. Accrington Stanley (*) ^[1]
2. AFC Bournemouth
3. AFC Wimbledon ^[2]
4. Aldershot Town
5. Arsenal × 2 (2*) ^{[1] [3]}
6. Aston Villa (*) ^[1]
7. Barnet
8. Barnsley
9. Birmingham City
10. Blackburn Rovers (*) ^[1]
11. Blackpool
12. Bolton Wanderers (*) ^[1]
13. Bradford City × 2 (1*) ^[1]
14. Brentford
15. Bristol City
16. Bristol Rovers
17. Burton Albion (*) ^[1]
18. Bury
19. Cardiff City (*) ^[1]
20. Carlisle United × 3 (2*) ^[1]
21. Charlton Athletic × 2
22. Chelsea (*) ^[4]
23. Cheltenham Town
24. Coventry City (*) ^[1]
25. Crawley Town (*) ^[1]
26. Crewe Alexandra
27. Crystal Palace (*) ^[1]
28. Dagenham & Redbridge × 2 (1*) ^[1]
29. Derby County (*) ^[1]
30. Doncaster Rovers
31. Exeter City
32. Fulham × 3 (2*) ^{[1] [5]}
33. Gillingham × 3
34. Hartlepool United × 4 (1*) ^[1]
35. Hereford United
36. Huddersfield Town × 2
37. Hull City (*) ^{[1] [6]}
38. Leeds United × 2 (1*) ^[1]
39. Leicester City (*) ^[1]
40. Leyton Orient × 3 (1*) ^[1]
41. Liverpool (*) ^[1]
42. Manchester City (*) ^{[1] [7]}
43. Manchester United × 2 (2*) ^{[1] [8]}
44. Middlesbrough × 2 (2*) ^[1]
45. Millwall
46. Milton Keynes Dons
47. Newcastle United × 4 (3*) ^{[1] [9]}
48. Northampton Town
49. Norwich City
50. Nottingham Forest
51. Notts. County
52. Oldham Athletic
53. Peterborough United × 2
54. Plymouth Argyle
55. Portsmouth
56. Port Vale
57. Preston North End
58. Queens Park Rangers
59. Reading (*) ^{[1] [10]}
60. Rochdale
61. Rotherham United
62. Scunthorpe United
63. Sheffield United
64. Sheffield Wednesday
65. Shrewsbury Town
66. Southampton × 2 (1*) ^[1]
67. Southend United
68. Stevenage (*)^{[1] [11]}
69. Stoke City
70. Sunderland (*) ^[1]
71. Swansea City
72. Swindon Town
73. Torquay United
74. Tottenham Hotspur (*) ^[1]
75. Tranmere Rovers × 2
76. Walsall
77. West Ham United (*) ^[1]
78. Wigan Athletic
79. Wycombe Wanderers
80. Yeovil Town

1. Barrow
2. Boreham Wood
3. Bromley
4. Cambridge United
5. Darlington × 3 (2*) ^{[1] [12]}
6. Gateshead
7. Grimbsy Town
8. Hampton & Richmond
9. Harrow Borough
10. Hendon (ground-share at Wembley)
11. Havant & Waterlooville
12. Hayes & Yeading
13. Kettering Town ^[13]
14. Kingstonian
15. Lincoln City
16. Luton Town
17. St. Albans City (*)^{[1] [14]}
18. Stockport County
19. Washington Ikeda-Hoover (*)^[1]
20. Whitley Bay (*)^[1]
21. Woking
22. Wrexham
23. York City

1. Brighton & Hove Albion (Withdean)
2. Chesterfield (Saltergate) × 2
3. Chester City (Deva Stadium)
4. Colchester United (Layer Road)
5. Darlington (Feethams) (*)^{[1] [15]}
6. Doncaster Rovers (Belle Vue)
7. Enfield (Southbury Road) (*)^[1]
8. Gretna (Raydale Park) (*)^{[1] [16]}
9. Morecambe (Christie Park)
10. Newcastle Blue Star (*)^{[1] [17]}
11. Oxford United (Manor Ground)
12. Milton Keynes Dons (National Hockey Stadium)
13. Rotherham United (Millmoor)

1. Berwick Rangers (*)^[1]

1. Cardiff Millennium Stadium × 2
2. Wembley Stadium × 3 (2*) ^[18]