What is your nickname?
‘The Assassin’ after taking out a greenkeeper at Pinheiros Altos Golf Club with a maginificent five wood and following it up the next day by killing a duck with a scuffed iron shot at San Lorenzo
Why did you get into printing?
Mars Confectionery and Avery Scales said I was too posh for them but Rank Xerox, as it was then, weren’t picky
What would be your dream job?
I’m happily married so I can’t say in case Gloria reads this
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
My cat who has a wonderful life and does exactly what he wants, whenever he wants to do it with not a care in the world unless the mice run out
What is your dream bit of kit?
Anything that I could run from my smartphone from the beach
What would you most like to print?
The winning lottery ticket
What is your favourite film?
It’s a toss-up between Gone with the Wind and the Star Trek series of films
Who or what do you hate the most?
People who don’t have time for others
Who do you admire most in print?
There is no single individual but all the R&D guys who come up with the fantastic leaps forward in the technology that we now use
What is your favourite saying?
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
What is your greatest luxury?
My family
Who would you like to be stuck on a desert island with?
Leonardo da Vinci – one of history’s greatest inventors
What’s your greatest ambition?
I have been very lucky and achieved the important things that I wanted to do in my life so I guess it’s more of the same, please
What’s your greatest fear?
It’s not really a fear but I’m quite happy on this earth and I’d prefer not to leave it for a while yet
Who or what makes you laugh?
My granddaughter who has just had her first birthday
Which celebrity would you like to get out of here? Why?
All of them. We make far too much of ‘celebrity culture’ and it’s not healthy
Where would you like to be now?
Retired in Portugal – roll on August
What’s your worst fashion disaster?
I once bought a bright green velvet frock coat in Carnaby Street in the mid 60s – it looked awful
Who would be your favourite party guests?
Tommy Cooper, Sid James, Winston Churchill, Alexander the Great, Margaret Thatcher, Jane Fonda, Boadicea and Messalina [just to spice things up a little]
What is the worst kind of print?
Anything not produced by Formara
How would you like to be remembered?
A man of his word
Life is…?
Too short. Make the most of every moment because you can’t go back
What was your childhood obsession?
It was so long ago I can’t remember
