About Douglas Maddon
INFORMATION YOU MAY FIND IT HELPFUL TO KNOW IF BUYING PRESENTS FOR Mr MADDON:

Favourite other Religion: Judaism

Favourite Beer (northern): Black Sheep

Favourite Beer (southern): Welton's of Horsham Kid & Bard

Favourite Scotch Whisky: Laphroaig

Favourite Irish Whiskey: Bushmills

Favourite Lagers: Any Czech

Favourite Vodka: Stolychniya Cristall, Estonian or Finnish lemon and cranberry

Favourite white wines: Muscadet, Sauvignon Blanc, Champagne

Favourite Red Wines: Claret, anything Chilean or Spanish

DOUGLAS MADDON HAS GIVEN UP SMOKING FOR LENT
(but when he does smoke, this is what he likes)

Favourite Rolling Tobacco: Cutter's Choice

Favourite cigarette: Marlboro Lights

Favourite Pipe Tobacco: Erinmore, Virginia, Condor

Favourite shop cigar: Villiger Export

Favourite Sussex pubs: Black Horse, Nuthurst; Bedford & Malt Shovel, Horsham

Favourite English County: Yorkshire

Favourite Animal: Dog

Favourite Countries: anywhere in Europe or British Commonwealth

Favourite Football Team: Norn Iron

Favourite food: game, spuds

Favourite Authors (living): Christopher Brookmyre, Patrick McCabe, Colin Bateman, Tom Sharpe, Norman Stone, PJ O'Rourke, Robert Conquest, Junian Barnes, Jan Kross

Favourite authors (dead): Jonathan Swift, Anthony Trollope, PG Wodehouse, Graham Greene, William Shakespeare, Somerville & Ross, Evelyn & Auberon Waugh, George Grossmith

Favourite woman: not saying
Mr Maddon demonstrating his well-known love of animals
Personal Information
Born: Belfast 1970

Educated: the Belfast Royal Academy & Merton College, Oxford

Subject Specialisms: History (Irish, modern European, English), Politics (British, Irish & European), Literature (British & Irish)

Interests: literature, history, politics, travel, firearms, food, drink, tobacco

Work published in: Ulster Review, Izvestia, de Profundis, Fortnight, Irish Times, etc

Religion: Christian (Church of England, but has also been seen in Romish Mass Houses and Dissenting Chapels)
Mr Maddon's Favourite Links:
Black Dog Loyal
Our Wee Country
Cheapo Airlines:

Ryanair
Go
EasyJet
Buzz
Portadown News
Irish Abroad
dmaddon@hotmail.com