Musical influences: David Bowie; T-Rex; Bruce Springsteen; Queen; Florence and the Machine; Lady Gaga; Beyonce; The Cranberries; Biffy Clyro; Foo Fighters and The Delays.
Literary influences: Glen Duncan; Stieg Larsson; David Nicholls; Muriel Spark; Walter Scott; Helen Fielding; Robert Louis Stevenson; Liz Lochhead; Lord Byron and Sylvia Plath.
I'm also influenced by news stories, my friends and family's adventures and late-night drunken MSN conversations with friends.
Currently I am interested in medical progress, particularly with regards to drugs which control memory illnesses and problems with memory.