Movies watched at the cinema : 78
Some of the best : Legend, Magic Mike XXL, Foxcatcher, Birdman, The Theory of Everything, Inside Out, Steve Jobs, Precinct Seven Five, Carol, Southpaw, Ant-Man
The worst : The Bad Education Movie
The most over-rated : Spectre
Books I bought : 84
Best home video addiction : Rocky
Best fiction : Paper Towns, Grandpa's Great Escape, Katy, Murder for Christmas
Best non-fiction : Creativity
Best literary event : Letters Live in April
Best musical event : Ratatouille at The Royal Albert Hall
Favourite bookshop : Daunt Books Fulham Road, same as last year
Best art bookshop : The National Gallery, same as last year and the one before
Best charity bookshop : slim pickings this year, nobody wins
Best online bookshop : The Book People, same as last year and the one before
Best art event : From Santiago Montoya at The Halcyon Gallery to two Hamlet with Benedict to Mademoiselle Privé at The Saatchi Gallery via McQueen's Savage Beauty at the V&A and Masterpiece, it's been a fantastic year, culturally-speaking. But there was something truly special, for me, about Barnaby Barford's Tower of Babel at the V&A
Number of significant writing endeavours started : 0
Most significant creative endeavour started : none
People who unceremoniously exited my life : 3
People who re-entered it : 1
Holidays taken : 0
Cities I've travelled to : 0
House moves : 1
Most unexpected encounter : Antonio Banderas at Manicomio
Most longed-for encounter : Tom Hiddleston
On my birthday : I received a fantastic Taschen book about Marvel
then I had dinner at London House
Best Christmas present : Inspiration is All Around You
Best times : tens and tens of cinema visits
Worst time : August
New best friend at the office : Pete
Phone addiction : Candy Crush Soda
Number of visits to Claridge's : countless, as per usual
Best beauty buy : retro fragrance Loulou de Cacharel, which I used to wear 25+ years ago
Most happy about : my elderly darling dog Victoria who will turn 14 in early 2016
And, finally, most inspirational in case I ever sign up at the gym...
