Leigh loves
My husband
My mum and family
My friends
Walking – when I’m not writing I’m at my happiest in my cagoule and filthy boots yomping across a muddy hill in the Peak District or Shropshire
Books
Cats
YouTube
Wikipedia
I unashamedly adore TV – yes I do have a life outside my living room, and no I don’t just watch any old crap that’s on, but I do have a particular fondness for retro kids’ shows, game shows, sitcoms and adverts
The hilarious Alan Carr
Classic comedy – old sitcoms plus the likes of Carry On, Hancock, Steptoe, Round the Horne, etc
Useless information
Scrabble
Card games
Trivial Pursuit
The colour green
The sun (not the newspaper)
Incense sticks and scented candles
Weeknds away
Health spas (I love going to Hoar Cross Hall with my mum for pampering weekends)
The colour yellow
The Rat Pack (I have the musical tastes of an old great-aunt and adore all those classic crooners)
Musicals
A very wide variety of music, with a few notable exceptions (see the ‘loathes’ list)
Cheesy things – which includes cheese itself as I am mildly obsessed with that particular dairy product and in sampling regional and rare varieties thereof (current faves are Mexicana cheddar and Wallace (as in & Gromit)’s fave, Wensleydale, with mango and ginger!!!)
Good food in general in fact
Wine
Vodka
Peter Kay
Cuddly animals
The countryside – though I’m glad I don’t live there anymore
Turkish delight
The expression ‘Daft as a brush’ (don’t know why, it just cracks me up because it makes no sense)
Jasper Carrott
Tortoises
Shopping
Being from the Black Country
Leigh loathes
People who continually moan about their lives but don’t actually do anything to help themselves and just want to blame the rest of the world for their woes.
Women who are hostile and ballsy towards other women but act all gooey and sappy around men. Grow up!
Passive aggressive martyrs. If you’ve got a problem, just come out and say it instead of huffing and sulking and expecting me to take the hint!
Mobile phones going off in the theatre or cinema.
People who think the world revolves around them and bring every conversation around to the subject of themselves – then accuse you of the same thing if you dare mention something that’s happening in your life.
Couples who say “WE’RE pregnant” – one of those phrases that has suddenly become trendy in recent years. While it’s great when dads want to feel involved, that expression just sounds overly PC and priggish to me (not to mention physically impossible), and totally different from saying “We’re having a baby.”
Christmas
Ingratitude (I seriously think it would kill some people to acknowledge a gift)
Smoking
Bullies
Rowdy neighbours
Dogs (though with three exceptions: Sooty’s friend Sweep, Gromit – as in ‘Wallace &’ – and my brother-in-law’s rather lovable hound Josie)
Two-faced bitches
Arse-lickers
Russell Brand
Sprouts
Cabbage
Bible-bashers
People in general who like to force their views upon others, dictate what others do with their lives or attempt to curtail my freedom of speech
The phrase ’touch base’
Simply Red
Did I happen to mention I hate religion?
Bono – the sanctimonious, hypocritical ****** (insert expletive of choice)
Rap/garage/r ‘n’ b/housey style ‘music’
Football
Tennis (in fact I probably hate tennis more than I hate football – Wimbledon is such a yawn fest)
Being late/rushed
The cold
Rudeness
Incompetence
Tequila
Big Brother and other similarly inane ‘reality’ shows
People assuming I’m a bloke because of my name
OK, this is all a bit self-indulgent, but it’s my website so I’ll say what I like!!
