Parker Bilal

Ten words to sum up your working life to date ...

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy...

Nine things you can see from where you're sitting ...

Bronze horn player from Chad
Golden Ibis from Cairo
Collection of rocks from around the world
Pictures of my kids
My father's oud (lute)
Kukri knife from India
Printing block from Egypt
Postcard of Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson of Dr Tulp
Le Boxeur matches from Cameroon

Eight minutes to prepare a meal. What's it going to be ?

Thai soup with chicken and vegetables.Takes less time than you think.

Seven people you'd like to go for a drink with ...

Duke Ellington, Zelda Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stanley Kubrick, Tony Soprano, Tom Waits, Edward Snowden.

Six things you can't live without ...

Earl Grey tea, my notebooks, laptop, passport, climbing boots, cocktail shaker.

Five favourite words ...

Kinetic, macabre, labyrinthine, vociferous, erudite.

Four places you'd run away to ...

Isle of Skye, Tasmania, Ubud, Yosemite.

Three books you've bought recently ...

Solo - William Boyd
Dead Water – Ann Cleeves
You Are Not a Gadget – Jaron Lanier

Two things that make you rant ...

Pious self-righteousness
Self-serving politicians

One thing you'd tell your teenage self ...

Relax