Mary Hoffmann
Mary Hoffman - Writer

Mary’s favourites

The Campo in Sienna

10 favourite places

  1. The Campo in Siena
  2. The cliff walk from Sennen Cove to Land’s End
  3. Old Minster Lovell ruins
  4. The Canareggio sestiere of Venice
  5. Santa Maria Novella farmacia in Florence
  6. Huffkins tearoom, Burford
  7. The Spanish Steps in Rome
  8. The Temple of Poseidon at Paestum
  9. Durham Cathedral
  10. My publisher’s house in the Lake District
Toast

10 favourite foods

  1. Toast (wholemeal)
  2. Nuts, especially peanuts, cashews, hazelnuts and almonds
  3. Noodles (Pad Thai not Pot!)
  4. Mattar paneer
  5. Egyptian cauliflower
  6. My husband’s vegetarian kedgeree
  7. Tofu
  8. Vignottes cheese
  9. Spanakopita
  10. Seaweed

Black coffee10 favourite drinks

  1. Black coffee (real coffee)
  2. Pink grapefruit juice
  3. Red wine
  4. Prosecco
  5. Tea
  6. Latte freddo macchiato (ice-cold milk with a dash of real coffee)
  7. Campari
  8. Cold beer with pizza (about once a year!)
  9. Chambéry
  10. Iced tea with lemon

The Changeover10 favourite books (children’s and YA)

  1. The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
  2. Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
  3. Out of the Ordinary by Annie Dalton
  4. A Pack of Lies by Geraldine McCaughrean
  5. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
  6. Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
  7. Burglar Bill by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
  8. Holes by Louis Sachar
  9. This is the Bear by Jez Alborough
  10. Russell Hoban’s Hungry 3 quartet

The Robber Bride10 favourite book for adults

  1. The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
  2. Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrell by Susannah Clarke
  3. Ulysses by James Joyce
  4. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
  5. Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson
  6. The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
  7. If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino
  8. If This is a Man by Primo Levi
  9. The Secret Scriptures by Sebastian Barry
  10. Life, A User’s Manual by Georges Perec

Gorgeous Lorenzo10 favourite animals

  1. Burmese cats
  2. Abyssinian cats
  3. Most other cats!
  4. Tigers
  5. Wolves
  6. Polar bears
  7. Red pandas
  8. Sharks
  9. Ring-tailed lemurs
  10. Ruffed lemurs

Casablanca10 favourite films

  1. Casablanca
  2. Fellini’s 8 1/2
  3. Jules et Jim
  4. Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy (esp. Two Towers)
  5. First Star Wars trilogy (esp. The Empire Strikes Back)
  6. Zoolander
  7. The Producers
  8. Top Hat
  9. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
  10. Women in Love

 

 

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