Fuel
Monocle: The best-written and best-designed magazine on the stand. A beautiful thing.
London 2012 logo by Wolff Olins. A brilliantly conceived study in applied identity and all the better for the dialogue the controversy has created.
Bruno Munari: discovered on a trip to Milan, this charming designer had a career truly worth having. Seek out his 'Drawing The Sun' book to start.
Michel Thomas: His brilliantly conceived language tapes are flawless - grin smugly as he tells off your other 'classmates' as you progress happily.
Moneyball: Just because everyone does it one way, doesn’t mean it’s the best way. Baseball management as a model for paradigm shifts.
Willie Nelson generally, but this album in particular. One of Public’s top three desert island discs. All the answers you’ll ever need in life are here.
Boston Red Sox DH Manny Ramirez. Walks to the plate like he’s making breakfast in his PJs. Knocks it out the park. Strolls to base. Manny being Manny.
William Blake: 'Songs of Innocence and of Experience' is a better main text for belief than the bible.
James Lee Burke: The best writer in America today in any genre. The Dave Robicheaux novels simply sing themselves to you.