Ben's guilty pleasures

The Horse Whisperer
Bubble baths and candles
Eating ham and salami on it's own, straight from the fridge

Ben's town

Swimming in the men's pond at Hampstead Heath.

The view across London from Mount View Road, day or night.

The pain au chocolat from Londis in Queen's Park.

A pint of something fruity in the Jerusalem Tavern.

My back garden.

Ben's "I secretly love..."

Sarah-Lou Platt
Penelope Cruz
Katie Derham
Dita von Teese
Billie Piper
Cheryl Hines (Curb your enthusiasm)
Clive Bull

ps Rosario Dawson

and Catherine Deneuve (in the umbrellas of Cherbourg)

Ben's Desert Island Discs

Kraftwerk - Tour de France

Morrissey - Suedehead
Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtez - Metamorfose Ambulante
Scott Walker - Boy Child
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Sundown, Sundown
Led Zeppelin - Custard Pie
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Bob Dylan - Buckets of Rain

I would save Morrissey because it's the best one to sing along to.

Book - A Man in Full

Luxury - A hammock

Random lists no.5 - Ben's films of the year

1: Hidden

2: Volver

3: Pan's Labyrinth

4: Bug

5: Casino Royale

Ben's "All I want for Christmas is..."

Some new jeans

Jarvis Cocker's new album

The population of London to be halved overnight
(the disappeared shall include people who smoke in public, drink alcohol in the street, read the daily mail, live upstairs from me, and travel on the poor bus).

Roast chicken

A job within walking distance of my house

The ability to finish a book

More trainers

The 3rd series of Lost

To jump off my favourite rock into Lake Atitlan

Ben's 'Some things you may not know about me...'

I like country music

My son shares one of his middle names with my first cat

I secretly fancy Cheryl from Curb your Enthusiasm (and Billie Piper)

I don't like writing with blue pens

When I was 9 I knocked one of Charlie Ward's teeth out.....he started it

Fran and I have an extremely childish rivarly about who can get their sunglasses on first when the sun comes out

I can't stand Al Green

I've never taken my wedding ring off

Ben's 'i don't understand...'

I don't understand...
Lost
Why the people upstairs are such W******
How to watch digital TV and tape a different channel
Why people watch Eastenders
Fran's handwriting
Why my dad likes to crack unfunny jokes all the time

Ben's i like list

I Like:

smoked mackerel on toast
making silly faces in the mirror
rough n' tumbs
isi's face
listening to clive on lbc (97.3)
swimming at the heath
the radio times
buying new trainers
going for walks with franny
going to the cinema on my own