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Astaire and Rogers dancing, especially 'Cheek to Cheek'
the radio comedy of Kenneth Horne
sunset at Labuan Bajo
Gordon Bruce performing 'Card Under The Glass'
freshly-fallen snow in childhood
the special FX industry and the people in it
Gillian Norris and her solo as 'Morrighan' in 'Lord Of The Dance'
Card Warp
Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' - a first and only novel!
some of the children and teenagers I worked with doing charity work at university

Christine McVie's 'Songbird'
eagles and other raptors, their perfect mastery of flight
the Hoover Dam
walking around the Lake District
Turing, Bletchley Park and the breaking of Enigma
Bill Forsyth's 'Local Hero'
the story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Paul Harris
trekking through the Mojave desert
my friend T. and all she achieved after leaving war-torn Yugoslavia

Richard Bach's 'Illusions', even if I don't buy it much
Steve Howe, concluding guitar solo, 'Going For The One', Yes
the architecture of the Millenium Dome
Kubrick's '2001'
magic eye 3D pictures
Cantor's 'diagonal shift' proof of aleph one infinities
John Lundberg's crop circle formations
Agatha Christie's ingenuity
the Cabazon dinosaurs
David Nixon, the first TV magician I saw as a child

the water show at The Bellagio in Vegas
the Adelson illusion
Sydney Opera House
Blackadder
that people can think up string figures and how to make them
R. M. who first showed me how to perform psychic-looking magic
Pushkin's 'Onegin', the story and the techical achievement
really ingenious chess problems with few pieces
the scent of fresh gardenia
my amazing holiday in New York in '91, with KC and CC

Rory Raven's sense of humour, especially re English behaviour
Billy Connolly, 'Big Banana Feet'
Loch Ness on a misty morning
seeing Harry Hill perform live for the first time
Winter Hill, Lancashire
the skill of good cartoonists, especially Martin Honeysett
The Blood Transfusion Service and the people who work in it
Kew Gardens
the paintings of Geoff Shaw-Taylor
Bob Newhart

walking around the Colosseum
synthesiser technology
Robert H. and the invention of the Zig Zag Girl illusion
my Father's story-telling abilities when I was little
my Mother's attitude towards her retirement
the achievements of Berry Gordy
reading about Thor Heyerdahl's trip to Easter Island
Oscar Peterson playing just about anything
seeing 'Terminator 2' at the cinema for the first time
the achievements of Stephen Deal

the way 'Psycho' is scripted
Chris Rock
Shoot Ogawa
Sir Stephen Redgrave's five Olympic golds
high Jump atheletes - how do they do that?
the stories of Damon Runyon, especially 'The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown'
the Brooklyn Bridge and how it was built
the Apollo XI moon landing
Paul Curry and 'Out Of This World'
my amazing holiday in CA in '99 with HR

'The Listeners' by Walter de la Mere
exploring the Jenolan Caves
'Some Like It Hot'
rainbows, just for being rainbows
the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
powered flight, from Kitty Hawk to Space Shuttle in 78 years!
the Beatles, especially the White Album
Isaac Asimov
seeing Kovari's full evening magic show when I was young
the sports photography of Eamonn McCabe

Stevie Wonder's career and 'As'
Ali Landry
seeing the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
the Golden Gate bridge
Fifth Avenue, New York
Thomas Edison
walking around Komodo Village
Marc Bolan and T. Rex in the 70s
the aurora borealis
Truman Capote's writing

Dominic O'Brien's memory feats
seeing Sinatra perform live at the Royal Albert Hall
Rudyard Kipling's 'If'
Mark Twain's writings, wit and wisdom
Don McClean's 'American Pie' - the first sheet music for guitar I ever bought
the New York Metropolitan Museum
Lauren Hillenbrand's book on 'Seabiscuit'
Norman Rockwell's paintings
David Alexander's silhouette cutting
the Gettysburg Address

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