Author, arts writer, opera historian. Latest book: "Someone Else's Music: Opera and the British". Forthcoming: "Culture Vultures: When Activism Meets the Arts".
Ten things other people like but I hate:
1. Goat's cheese (yes, me too)
2. Americanisms (when said by Brits)
3. Nightclubs
4. Coffee
5. Mrs Brown's Boys
6. Phonecalls on public transport
7. Red meat
8. Step-by-step IT instructions
9. Funfairs
10. Political tribalism