Olivia Greenway 

Female

I love food and eating out; happy to chow down in a Michelin star as much as a chain restaurant so long as the food is fresh, the service slick and there is a little imagination on the menu. I like throwing dinner parties when time permits; informal help yourself suppers on the kitchen table with a gathering of my best friends, whom I see far too infrequently. My job takes me out of the country quite often; so it's nice to come back to good old London town; I've yet to find a city I prefer.

I’m not the sort of person who is in a choir or makes tomato chutney or does anything particularly useful in their spare time, mainly because I don’t seem to have much. I’m a fussy reader but Alice Munro keeps me content these days.

Rom coms leave me cold and I don't find them especially funny. I like dramas and thrillers; although I'm a real baby and have to look away from the screen quite a bit. I am also keen on foreign films - sometimes called art cinema; otherwise known as films that make the family groan - usually with sub titles, convoluted plots or seemingly, no plot at all. I’m not a great lover of pop music; I’m more an Indie person. I listen to some dinosaur music when I’m feeling nostalgic. I like real music, where the people actually play, guitars and drums being my instruments of choice.

"I used to be Snow White but I drifted." Mae West

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