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Just some of my favourite things
Wuthering Heights (Vintage Classics)Wuthering Heights (Vintage Classics) by Emily Bronte
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £1.44
Obsession and necrophilia and near-incest - oh my!
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Vintage Classics)Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Vintage Classics) by Thomas Hardy
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £0.01
Probably the only 'weak' heroine in all of literature who doesn't infuriate me.
Amelie (Two Disc Special Edition) [DTS] [DVD]Amelie (Two Disc Special Edition) [DTS] [DVD]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.75
This feel-good gem cannot fail to cheer you up, no matter how rubbish real life seems.
Wise Children (Vintage Classics)Wise Children (Vintage Classics) by Angela Carter
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01
My favourite writer - and this is the perfect introduction to her work.
ArielAriel by Sylvia Plath
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £1.65
Dying/ Is an art, like everything else/ I do it exceptionally well
OpheliacOpheliac by Emilie Autumn
Buy used from: £33.18
It's not often I use the words 'This CD will change your life'. But I'm going to use them here.
Withnail And I [1986] [DVD]Withnail And I [1986] [DVD]
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £2.15
Excess alcohol. Richard E Grant. Richard Griffiths. The Lake District. Deranged policemen. Cake. What's not to love?
Macbeth (Annotated Shakespeare)Macbeth (Annotated Shakespeare) by W Shakespeare
Buy new: £4.50 / Used from: £1.51
His very best play. Wonderful characters, a taut plot, and some of Shakespeare's best lines ('Macbeth shall sleep no more!')
AtonementAtonement by Ian McEwan
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £0.01
I literally could not put this down. I went shopping with it, took it on the train, balanced it on the steering wheel of my car...
Neverwhere: The Author's Preferred TextNeverwhere: The Author's Preferred Text by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £2.86
If you are looking for a Potter replacement, look no further than Neil Gaiman. This is his best book.
Mozart - Le Nozze Di Figaro [DVD] [2006]Mozart - Le Nozze Di Figaro [DVD] [2006]
Buy new: £29.98 / Used from: £22.98
A spectacular production of a spectacular opera.
Black Books Complete Box Set [DVD]Black Books Complete Box Set [DVD] by Black Books
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £6.03
Quite frankly, if this doesn't make you laugh, you are dead inside.
The PyratesThe Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01
Brilliantly funny and beautifully crafted - it sounds pretentious, but every sentence of this book is a joy.
Belles Of St Trinians [DVD] [1954]Belles Of St Trinians [DVD] [1954]
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.95
Proper old-school comedy. Alastair Sim shows Robin Williams how cross-dressing is done.
WastedWasted by Marya Hornbacher
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £3.36
I'm a sufferer. And I have to say, if you read this book, you will know everything there is to know about anorexia. No-one has ever told it better than Marya Hornbacher.
The Bitch Goddess NotebookThe Bitch Goddess Notebook by Martha O'Connor
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01
Dark, edgy, disturbing. A brilliant book about unhinged teens.
Snatch - Two Disc Set [DVD] [2000]Snatch - Two Disc Set [DVD] [2000]
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.69
Brilliant script, brilliant acting, brilliant storyline. Also contains one of the few on screen villains who can make you scream laughing while simultaniously crying with terror.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: AND Through the Looking Glass (Vintage Classics)Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: AND Through the Looking Glass (Vintage Classics) by Lewis Carroll
Buy new: £3.61 / Used from: £1.23
Surrealism at its very best.
Peter Pan [DVD] [2003]Peter Pan [DVD] [2003]
Buy new: £4.18
Prooves that, despite what the Harry Potter films seem to assert, you CAN find good child actors if you look hard enough. Plus, Jason Isaacs as Hook = Love.
Beauty and the Beast [DVD] [1991] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Beauty and the Beast [DVD] [1991] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Buy used from: £24.00
The best Disney film yet. Beautiful, hillarious, and emotional without the typical Disney sentimentality.
Carry On Don't Lose Your Head [DVD] [1967]Carry On Don't Lose Your Head [DVD] [1967]
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.24
My favourite of the series. Contains the immortal line 'Naughty little girl! Running off like that, just as my resistance was weakening!'
Everything That CreepsEverything That Creeps by Elizabeth McGrath
Buy new: £18.99 / Used from: £28.49
Wonderfully grotesque works of art.
Wind In The Willows - The Complete Collection [DVD]Wind In The Willows - The Complete Collection [DVD]
Buy new: £23.88 / Used from: £20.95
It's the ONLY thing!