Alan Ratcliffe

Likes:
My family, my dog and Liverpool FC

Dislikes:
Getting older, the endless barrage of messages from my daughters’ school and people using “sure up” rather than “shore up”

Guilty pleasures:
Chocolate, a nice cognac, the TV show Suits… sometimes all at the same time!

Most likely to be found reading:
You can’t beat a good epic fantasy novel – in between page proofs, naturally

Strangest item kept on my desk:
Probably my leopard gecko, imaginatively named Leo, who has a disconcerting habit of staring at me disapprovingly as I work