ARTICLE: Hong Kong magazine
What's Benjamin's perfect day and not-so-perfect day? What would he have written on his gravestone? Find out more...
Article taken from a cultural magazine for Hong Kong about life in Britain, Spring 2000
What would make your perfect day?
Waking up surrounded by animals and hogging over the Welsh mountains, writing a great poem and a kiss before bedtime.
What would spoil your perfect day?
Seeing only humans and no other animal or nature. being forced to spend most of my time in London.
What is your favourite food?
Butterbeans, chickpeas, sweet potatoes and soya ice cream.
What food do you most dislike?
Any meat, I just don't like eating dead bodies.
Who or what do you most dislike and why?
I really dislike people who insist that their way is right and everyone else is wrong. I hate most careet politicians.
Are there any missed opportunities that you wish you had taken?
I left school around the age of 12. I wish I hadn't.
What do you desire the most?
The power to heal, and my own full size gym.
What characteristic do you most admire in others?
I really admire animal liverators and people who really put their lives on the line for a cause. When animals are liverated they tend not to say thanks, they just run off.
Where would you most like to visit in the world?
I would really love to go to China.
What is your least favourite place to visit?
I like going to most places because it opens up the mind but I hate going anywhere that is very cold.
If you had an epitaph written about you what would it say?
He trid to luv everybody.
What age would you have most liked to have lived in?
The beginning. In planning the future I would have left out war.
What time of day are you at your best?
Late night/early morning; a peaceful time for reflection and writing.
I don't know why but I really like...
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