What to say? Tricky, not to say too much or too little...
...so:
I am currently single, previously married and a proud father of two grown-up children. I love life, generosity of spirit and kindness - I hate negativity, bigotry and spitefulness. I love all kinds of fun and funny things but have a serious side too. I like to hear considered opinions even if I do not agree with them, I don't like dogma or following the crowd.
My best virtue: I always try to be honest.
My worst fault: I can be unnecessarily sarcastic.
My worst sin: I smoke.
Motto: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view"
If you want to know something - just ask.

Interests
I like to watch football (soccer if you are American) and cricket (a strange game invented by the English). I play chess to a reasonable standard although as I get older I'm beginning to lose my edge. I write in my spare time (mostly musings, thoughts and ideas rather than for general consumption) I adore music of all kinds and watch all sorts of films (movies) good, bad and indifferent. I also like science especially astronomy (My avatar is a picture of Neptune and its moon Triton). I have many other interests too numerous to list here - suffice to say the world is bathed in a richness of subjects all of which deserve attention.

Favorite Books
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Fanny Hill by John Cleland...

... and a thousand others.

Favorite Authors
Charles Dickens, Douglas Adams, Aldous Huxley, Evelyn Waugh, John le Carre and many more.

Favorite Movies
In no particular order: 2001 a Space Odyssey, Perfume, Les Amants du Pont Neuf, Scent of a Woman, Chocolat, anything directed by Woody Allen, Gallipoli, Roman Holiday, Blazing Saddles, The Italian Job (1966), It's a Wonderful Life, The French Connection, Alien, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, To Kill a Mockingbird

Favorite Music
Classical, especially Chopin, Mozart and Beethoven. Rock Music. 60's and 70's pop. Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin - just too many to list.