Beyond the professional profile …
A few years ago I experimented with a personal website that threw convention out of the window with its playfulness. And buried deep inside it was a page listing some of my “secret pleasures.”
You can still visit the archived website at hiddenworld.andrewmaynard.net. But given how straight laced and professional the rest of this website is, I thought I’d extract and update the Secret Pleasures list here.
Enjoy 😀
Secret Pleasures …
Hiking on the Scottish island of Arran
Vinyl
Linn hifi equipment
Anything conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy
Iain M. Banks novels
Leica cameras
Paintings by Seren Bell
Terry Pratchett
Harbeth speakers
The original Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio series
Early 20th century classical music
Flying kites
A good fountain pen
Cold water swimmingÂ
Well-designed remote controls
Peter Gabriel
Physical books
Walking through woods in the fall in the UK
My wife and children
Sibelius’ sixth symphony
Grey sleety weather (true!)
Great design
Taking photos as if no-one’s looking
Beans on toast
Serendipitous conversations
And just as a bonus, here are a few of those photos “taken as if no-one’s looking”
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